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| 1 | #+date: <2026-02-07 Sat 17:46:00> | ||
| 2 | #+title: IndieWeb Carnival: "Intersecting Interests" | ||
| 3 | #+description: Contrasting my passions with technology vs. natural hobbies. | ||
| 4 | #+slug: indiweb-carnival-2026-02-intersecting-interests | ||
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| 6 | I thought about this topic for a long time today before starting to write this | ||
| 7 | post, as I don't think of myself as someone with intersecting interests. I | ||
| 8 | generally lean pretty hard into interests and in my mind, they're all | ||
| 9 | technology-related. | ||
| 10 | |||
| 11 | However, I've settled on the following topic: *The Minimalist Technologist*. | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | * Personal Life | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | In my personal life, I spend my leisure time doing a few primary things: | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | 1. *Technology*: Obviously. I love to learn about new things online, blogging, | ||
| 18 | programming, self-hosting, | ||
| 19 | 2. *Physical Work*: Conversely, my next favorite things to do are all completely | ||
| 20 | technology free. This includes things like yard work, woodworking, | ||
| 21 | organizing, decluttering, etc. There's just something about zoning out, | ||
| 22 | getting into a physical rhythm, and feeling your body's strength create | ||
| 23 | something productive instead of your mind. | ||
| 24 | 3. *Sports*: This is fairly generic, but sometimes it can be a contrast for those | ||
| 25 | who work in tech. Especially if you consider disc golf and/or hiking in this | ||
| 26 | category. | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | * Work | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | Now, this may be where I differ even more so than in my personal life. While I | ||
| 31 | work in a tech job, I do not actually spend my days deep inside code (when | ||
| 32 | possible) or building as many internal tools as I used to. | ||
| 33 | |||
| 34 | Instead, my job has primarily become 50 to 60 hours per week of meetings, | ||
| 35 | mentoring younger coworkers, teaching and leading trainings, thinking about | ||
| 36 | overall strategy of our practice, and project managing. | ||
| 37 | |||
| 38 | It's the generic individual contributor (IC) to manager story line, but again, | ||
| 39 | it frees me up to switch to a different mindset when I get home and be | ||
| 40 | productive on hobby projects. I'm no longer burnt out from thinking on such a | ||
| 41 | technical level all day. | ||
| 42 | |||
| 43 | Either way, it was interesting to think through this topic and has me thinking | ||
| 44 | more about broadening my horizons. | ||