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-* Embracing imperfection
-:PROPERTIES:
-:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: embracing-imperfection
-:EXPORT_DATE: 2024-06-31
-:END:
-
-Lately, I've been doing some exploratory work, both with my pet
-projects and as part of my job, and I've struggled with it a bit more
-than I expected. It could be because of my personal circumstances (I'm
-more tired and distracted than usual), but I think it has more to do
-with self-awareness and how it affects my approach to problem-solving.
-
-Back in my college days, I was much more relaxed about how I tackled
-my assignments. There wasn't a lot of consistency, but the process
-more or less followed these steps:
-
-- Read the problem a couple of times until you fully understand it.
-- Draft a possible solution, iterate a couple of times until it looks
-  good enough.
-- Do something else and forget about the problem completely until the
-  last responsible moment (or just the last possible moment, as
-  responsibility was sometimes lacking).
-- Sit down and fully focus on the problem until you solve it, often
-  for more hours than was healthy.
-
-This wasn't the best way to get through college, but it was the one I
-opted for. As imperfect as it was, it only required me to focus on the
-problem while I was working on it, I could free my mind during the
-rest of the time. And most importantly, /it worked/. I got good grades
-and enjoyed most of the time I spent learning.
-
-Now, back to the present day, things have changed a bit. I'm older
-(duh), I have more experience, and I'm much more aware of all the
-things I don't know or am not an expert on. So every time a problem
-comes my way, my brain uses the first cycles to diligently list all
-the areas I need to explore and all the books I should read before
-even thinking about starting to solve it.
-
-This should help me have a well-informed, structured, and reasonable
-amount of knowledge so I'm able to solve the problem to the best of my
-ability, right?
-
-...
-
-right?
-
-Well, wrong. Usually, there are two possible paths from here: either I
-have a proper amount of time to invest, so I start studying and
-building that knowledge, and at some point, I surrender to the
-evidence that I can't learn everything about the subject before the
-deadline inevitably arrives; or, if I don't have much time, I have to
-come to terms with the fact that I'm going to face the problem knowing
-that I'm not ready, which is basically the same outcome as in the
-first case but without even starting to prepare.
-
-This might be obvious for most people: we are not perfect, we are not
-expected to know everything about something to be able to work on
-it. Not only is imperfection normal, even failing is. But lately, the
-fear of making mistakes, of not doing everything to the best of my
-ability, has been an issue for me more often than not. Maybe it's a
-mild case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis][analysis paralysis]], who knows.
-
-I have to go back to my university days and remember the mindset I had
-then: that most of the time, the stakes are not that high, that good
-and honest effort is great even if it's not perfect, and that there
-are other (most of the time more important) things in life besides the
-problem that I currently have in front of me.
-
 * TODO ¿Por qué escribo?
 :PROPERTIES:
 :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: por-que-escribo

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-title: "Embracing imperfection"
-date: 2024-06-31
-lastmod: 2024-07-31T10:42:01+02:00
-draft: false
----
-
-Lately, I've been doing some exploratory work, both with my pet
-projects and as part of my job, and I've struggled with it a bit more
-than I expected. It could be because of my personal circumstances (I'm
-more tired and distracted than usual), but I think it has more to do
-with self-awareness and how it affects my approach to problem-solving.
-
-Back in my college days, I was much more relaxed about how I tackled
-my assignments. There wasn't a lot of consistency, but the process
-more or less followed these steps:
-
--   Read the problem a couple of times until you fully understand it.
--   Draft a possible solution, iterate a couple of times until it looks
-    good enough.
--   Do something else and forget about the problem completely until the
-    last responsible moment (or just the last possible moment, as
-    responsibility was sometimes lacking).
--   Sit down and fully focus on the problem until you solve it, often
-    for more hours than was healthy.
-
-This wasn't the best way to get through college, but it was the one I
-opted for. As imperfect as it was, it only required me to focus on the
-problem while I was working on it, I could free my mind during the
-rest of the time. And most importantly, _it worked_. I got good grades
-and enjoyed most of the time I spent learning.
-
-Now, back to the present day, things have changed a bit. I'm older
-(duh), I have more experience, and I'm much more aware of all the
-things I don't know or am not an expert on. So every time a problem
-comes my way, my brain uses the first cycles to diligently list all
-the areas I need to explore and all the books I should read before
-even thinking about starting to solve it.
-
-This should help me have a well-informed, structured, and reasonable
-amount of knowledge so I'm able to solve the problem to the best of my
-ability, right?
-
-...
-
-right?
-
-Well, wrong. Usually, there are two possible paths from here: either I
-have a proper amount of time to invest, so I start studying and
-building that knowledge, and at some point, I surrender to the
-evidence that I can't learn everything about the subject before the
-deadline inevitably arrives; or, if I don't have much time, I have to
-come to terms with the fact that I'm going to face the problem knowing
-that I'm not ready, which is basically the same outcome as in the
-first case but without even starting to prepare.
-
-This might be obvious for most people: we are not perfect, we are not
-expected to know everything about something to be able to work on
-it. Not only is imperfection normal, even failing is. But lately, the
-fear of making mistakes, of not doing everything to the best of my
-ability, has been an issue for me more often than not. Maybe it's a
-mild case of [analysis paralysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis), who knows.
-
-I have to go back to my university days and remember the mindset I had
-then: that most of the time, the stakes are not that high, that good
-and honest effort is great even if it's not perfect, and that there
-are other (most of the time more important) things in life besides the
-problem that I currently have in front of me.
-

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