User blog:MonkeysHK/Memo: Finding Yourselves in HSW

I want to share some thoughts about wiki editing. For most of us, it starts out at the intersection of your passion and the wiki, whether you like playing the game, writing good articles, moderating the server, working with software, or creating support mechanisms. As many learn, this is not an easy puzzle to put together, even with a considerable amount of effort from each of us. I want to outline two suggestions on how to see yourselves in the difficulties.

This is the problem of working to a burnout followed by long-time withdrawals feeling defeated. To this, I have to learn that in most situation, there are more problems to solve than resources to solve the problems (= the world is not a good place), but we exist at this time to work on today's problem. I present my approaches to work on problems optimistically:
 * The motivation problem


 * 1) Count not just the output, but the discovery and reduction of problems as achievements.
 * 2) Focus on forming important work and ideations that helps the situation in the best ways in the possible time allowed by a healthy life. Find a comfortable and self-enhancing position in this place makes you are motivated to come back.
 * 3) Align work and withdrawal to the personal rhythm, do what you want to do, not what you don't.
 * 4) Believe that solutions exist and the work will accumulate to eventually topple the problems.

It is always more important to find yourself in the work than to finish the work. If you need directions or feel frustrated, communicating it to others in the group may help.

To learn what to do, we must understand how we think and decide. The reason is simple: We want to make good decisions that are most likely to still be considered good 10 years later.
 * The Prejudice Problem

Problems may slip past our vision just because we (consciously or not) insist on stuff. If we are able to reduce prejudice while we look at situations, we may be able to identify and define problems in better ways. This involves looking at alternative courses of actions and placing judgement on current plans, to prevent tunnel-visioning into current work. This also involves reminding giving others suggestions and challenge their plans.

We must also be aware of and prevent logical fallacies in our thinking. This allows us to make good arguments to support our actions and expressions that will have a strong basis to be least regrettable. This also allows us to discover existing problems and correct our paths.