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what’s currently on his “fuck it” list in 2020? #5

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chantastic commented 4 years ago

via Twitter from @mr_googly_eyes

Fuck it list reference: Michael Chan - Back to React: The Story of Two Apps at React Rally 2017

chantastic commented 4 years ago

Funny enough, conference talks are on my fuck it list in 2020 (and 2019 for that matter).

Conference talks are great. Some of the most fun moments of my life were surrounding a conference talk. But I found them really difficult to maintain (for myself).

A conference talk took me about 150 hours to prepare. Then I'd have to pump myself up to get over my travel anxiety and ditch my family for a week. In addition to that, I'd have to take vacation time from work (further impacting my family).

If that was it, I could suck it up but it wasn't. These moments are such an emotional high, I'd be depressed for a week or two afterward.

For me, it just wasn't fair to make my family sacrifice a month of me for a 25 minute talk. So, I stopped to focus on more regular things like podcasting and educational material.