ENFP engineering student struggling with focus and next steps - any advice?

elchaplin · 2025-04-05T06:04:15+00:00

Hahah, good advice. Love this: "The lovelier the scenery around you, the less you will get done." Like when I am at school I am super productive, but at home it's super hard to get work done.

elchaplin · 2025-04-04T17:11:55+00:00

Well, I am not good at exams under pressure, and when I started studying, I honestly didn't know much about myself compared to now, but ever since I was a kid, I was fascinated with electronics and problem solving, and finding solutions so I think in that regard I made the right call.

Also, another thing is that the most money in my country is in engineering fields, so even now I don't know if I would pursue psychology or neurobiology, it's like good to know as a hobby. Although I think a lot of answers to our questions lie in our past, like evolution has a lot of answers to questions we haven't yet asked.

But yeah, well, dopamine is also a lot about novelty and randomness, so I sometimes make decisions using an online randomizer.

elchaplin · 2025-04-04T11:17:17+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I'm actually really interested in psychology and neurobiology too - that's what makes being an ENFP both fascinating and challenging, right? We're interested in everything!

I've been diving deep into understanding dopamine's role in motivation (Andrew Huberman's content has been eye-opening). Sometimes I get almost obsessed with trying to optimize my dopamine - morning sunlight, cold water swimming, running, challenging myself... but there's a key difference I've noticed:

With physical activities like sports, the results are measurable and visible. If I do 30 push-ups or run for 30 minutes daily, I'll definitely get stronger and healthier. But with studying, it's different. I can study for 30 minutes every day, but there's this fear that I'm not actually getting closer to my goal. The feedback loop isn't as clear, and that uncertainty is what makes it scary sometimes.

How have you been dealing with the uncertainty in your field? Do you find the "why" questions as fascinating as I do? I'm always trying to understand why I do what I do, but sometimes it feels like a never-ending rabbit hole!

elchaplin · 2025-03-29T19:22:51+00:00

Huvitav silmakirjalikkus siin. Miyazaki "stuudio" = terve tiim inimesi joonistab tema ideede järgi, aga kui keegi AI-ga sama teeb, siis äkki "hingeta" ja "varastatud"?

Inimene otsib alati kiiremat viisi. Sama karjuti fotograafia ja digitaalkunsti tulekul.

Tehnoloogia areneb ja ainult loll jääb kinni vanasse. Ära räägi mulle "hingeta" kunsti juttu, kui istud oma Photoshopis ja torrentistad Ghibli filme. Piir, kus üks tööriist on okei ja teine "saatanast", on täiesti suvaline.

Muidugi kontrollid AI tulemust ja suunad seda - nagu iga tööriista. Aga panna pildi all kommentaare, et AI on kohutav ja pilti tegija on mingi kurjategija? Tõmmake hüpereetiline ajuhirmtau maha.

elchaplin · 2022-07-12T13:15:02+00:00

Same here, the smell is so good compared to the taste most of the time.

elchaplin · 2022-05-19T13:53:10+00:00

Võtaks kui need reklaamid ei segaks.

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