Having supportive friends

Ashwin Goyal

Mar 26, 2024

"I need to lose weight."

"Why? You look fine."

"I get tired just walking up the stairs."

"So? Everyone gets tired sometimes."

"My clothes don't fit like they used to."

"Maybe you're just buying the wrong size."

"Doctor said I'm at risk for heart disease."

"Doctors just say that to scare you."

"I guess you're right. I should stop worrying."

"Yeah. Want to grab a burger and fries?"

"Sure, why not?"

Scheduling an email

"I should schedule it as late as possible, so they think I worked late," he wondered, staring at the draft on his screen. "But what if someone responds immediately and I don't respond? I can just say that I crashed right after sending it."

Experiencing flow

You’re in the zone, and I mean really in the zone. Everything is just clicking, and you're solving problems left, right, and center. You're all like, "Bam! Take that, complex situation!" and "Pow! Eat my dust, tricky problem!" You're