Comments on: Letting go of stress http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/ Casual Game Development and Positive Thinking Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bill Andrew http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 Bill Andrew Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:23:54 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-2869 Absolutely love your blog! Definitely bookmarking it. Absolutely love your blog! Definitely bookmarking it.

]]> By: Juuso http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-1948 Juuso Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:58:40 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-1948 Man... that's at least 2 dan black belt calmness ;) Man… that’s at least 2 dan black belt calmness ;)

]]> By: Grey Alien Games http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-1947 Grey Alien Games Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:54:52 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-1947 Thanks Juuso but actually it turns out that this issue was just training because Helen called me today and said "so I spoke to the tax office today and they said I owe £4000 in tax" and I said "when do they need it by?" and she said "31st of Jan". OMG! Well we stayed calm and worked out how to pay it. I had a hot chocolate and cookies afterwards to help me feel better... Thanks Juuso but actually it turns out that this issue was just training because Helen called me today and said “so I spoke to the tax office today and they said I owe £4000 in tax” and I said “when do they need it by?” and she said “31st of Jan”. OMG! Well we stayed calm and worked out how to pay it. I had a hot chocolate and cookies afterwards to help me feel better…

]]> By: Juuso http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Juuso Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:56:03 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-1945 Awesome calmness, You certainly deserve your black belt :) (...and so same goes to Helen.) Awesome calmness, You certainly deserve your black belt :)
(…and so same goes to Helen.)

]]> By: Grey Alien Games http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 Grey Alien Games Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:48:23 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-1935 For sure. It's also essential in business to be able to handle more and more without stress if you want to succeed. Although I know that some people prefer the do less approach, well if you can kinda combine both then that should be pretty darn efficient... For sure. It’s also essential in business to be able to handle more and more without stress if you want to succeed. Although I know that some people prefer the do less approach, well if you can kinda combine both then that should be pretty darn efficient…

]]> By: Helen http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-1934 Helen Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:05:58 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-1934 Ideally your ability to cope with stuff should expand in line with the number of things you have going on or responsibilities. Sometimes it's good to simplify to reduce responsibility and give yourself a break, but over the long term I think it's better to build up your resiliance & coping skills so you can take on more with ease & still enjoy life meanwhile. Ideally your ability to cope with stuff should expand in line with the number of things you have going on or responsibilities.

Sometimes it’s good to simplify to reduce responsibility and give yourself a break, but over the long term I think it’s better to build up your resiliance & coping skills so you can take on more with ease & still enjoy life meanwhile.

]]> By: Grey Alien Games http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-1933 Grey Alien Games Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:25:39 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-1933 haha, thanks for the story Emmanuel. Indeed it is true that the more stuff you have going on, the more shit can hit the fan ;-) But we can't just live life in a little cave with nothing in it so that nothing ever goes wrong. Life is full of ups and downs it's just important to ride out the downs and love the ups. I'm hoping the wave of good things starts around the time my next game launches... :-D haha, thanks for the story Emmanuel. Indeed it is true that the more stuff you have going on, the more shit can hit the fan ;-) But we can’t just live life in a little cave with nothing in it so that nothing ever goes wrong. Life is full of ups and downs it’s just important to ride out the downs and love the ups. I’m hoping the wave of good things starts around the time my next game launches… :-D

]]> By: Emmanuel http://greyaliengames.com/blog/letting-go-of-stress/comment-page-1/#comment-1932 Emmanuel Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:43:27 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/?p=133#comment-1932 This is the "theorem of Marty" -- bad things happens in waves, and so do good things. The best thing to do is to let go or to try and turn a negative into a positive. The number of good and bad things that can happen is also statistically linked to the number of 'things' in your life; if you have a house, a rental place, several kids and gainful employment, statistically, something will happen every week :o Last year while I was working 16 hour days to finish Az2, a pipe burst under the house and we basically had to break tiles and concrete outdoors in several places to find it.. The place looked like a dig site. I had wanted to redo that tiling anyway (the previous owner had put it there, I never liked it), so it gave me a good excuse to redo all of it, it gave us the occasion to replace some cheap pipes by good ones, and Az2 still shipped on time :o This is the “theorem of Marty” — bad things happens in waves, and so do good things. The best thing to do is to let go or to try and turn a negative into a positive. The number of good and bad things that can happen is also statistically linked to the number of ‘things’ in your life; if you have a house, a rental place, several kids and gainful employment, statistically, something will happen every week :o

Last year while I was working 16 hour days to finish Az2, a pipe burst under the house and we basically had to break tiles and concrete outdoors in several places to find it.. The place looked like a dig site. I had wanted to redo that tiling anyway (the previous owner had put it there, I never liked it), so it gave me a good excuse to redo all of it, it gave us the occasion to replace some cheap pipes by good ones, and Az2 still shipped on time :o

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