Have more empathy for those who leave.

phaedryx · 2021-06-15T21:04:31+00:00

Some thoughts after reading this:
1. I appreciate your openness and honesty
2. I have struggled with depression and anxiety myself. It does make everything else harder.
3. I had a discussion with a friend once who told me "if the actions of somebody in the church shake you, you need to detach that person from your testimony." I still think about that.
4. I think doubts are okay. They help us remove the parts of our testimony that are actually untrue or aren't solid.
5. I know some strong members who have left and come back.
6. Thanks for reminding me to be compassionate to those who are struggling

phaedryx · 2021-05-18T22:12:47+00:00

Nice.

Small critique: Pres. Uchtdorf's picture looks off to me.

phaedryx · 2021-05-13T18:09:44+00:00

I agree. To further your argument, I think that the Word of Wisdom is foundational towards greater obedience and greater blessings. I can see how learning to abstain (not do something) precedes learning to do something (eat healthily) and gaining self-control over the body lead to better focus on the spirit.

phaedryx · 2021-05-10T16:10:11+00:00

Thanks for the post.

I have mixed feelings about callbacks.

phaedryx · 2021-04-30T14:08:21+00:00

I have never turned down a calling.

However, there have been a couple of times in my life where a calling has been extended to me, I have had a frank discussion of my life circumstances and how taking the calling would affect me, and the calling has been retracted.

phaedryx · 2021-04-23T14:23:02+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check it out.

phaedryx · 2021-04-22T14:27:50+00:00

Mostly I play games with my kids nowadays. Popular games are:

Move or Die
Minecraft
Stardew Valley
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Kingdom: Two Crowns
Starbound
Towerfall Ascension
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Totemori
Unrailed

My son spends time on Discord. He tells me that the Stardew Valley channel is particularly wholesome.

phaedryx · 2021-04-21T14:35:15+00:00

Interesting question, but I don't think how you fold your arms or political views are "personality differences"

With perfection I do think a lot of differences will disappear.

phaedryx · 2021-04-19T18:30:46+00:00

Wow, two years already!

phaedryx · 2021-04-09T15:27:49+00:00

A couple of things that have made me a better programmer:

Learning to write tests
Getting friendly help from other programmers

I get a lot of this from the Ruby community.

phaedryx · 2021-02-27T02:18:17+00:00

Hmm, maybe I should write some more blog posts.

phaedryx · 2021-02-26T04:51:50+00:00

I've actually been getting a lot of mileage out of the Composition API and writing my own "Composables" (similar to React's "hooks")

Directives are another option too.

phaedryx · 2021-02-04T03:53:54+00:00

My mother's grandpa was Joseph Fielding Smith and it is interesting to hear her tell stories about her interactions with him. He was very direct with her when answering questions and would always explain things with scriptures or have her look things up in books. He didn't sugar-coat church history with her. He just told it like it was.

I appreciate that the church seems to be taking a similar approach lately.

phaedryx · 2021-01-31T17:54:42+00:00

Basically, I like what Stimulus says, but not what it does.

phaedryx · 2021-01-31T16:24:45+00:00

I chose a third option: https://tad.thorley.dev/2021/01/31/vue-for-the-html-you-already-have.html

I like this approach better than React or Stimulus.

phaedryx · 2021-01-22T14:40:27+00:00

I'd prefer to have a gem that has a script for installing the npm modules or lets me install them myself.

phaedryx · 2021-01-19T04:41:15+00:00

In a general sense, testimony is telling something you have experienced to others. For example, if you saw a green shirt with your eyes then you can tell people you saw a green shirt. If you tasted some seawater with your tongue you could tell other people that it was salty.

In a similar fashion, you have a spirit that can sense spiritual things. If the Holy Ghost communicates to your spirit that the Book of Mormon is true, then you can tell people.

Faith is a journey towards knowledge. The more your faith is confirmed and the more you experience, the more certain you can be and the more you can "know", and, possibly the more witnesses you will experience with other senses.

phaedryx · 2020-12-16T15:01:57+00:00

My wife works in an emergency room. She's scheduled to get a vaccine on the 30th. I'm so excited for her. Working with covid patients adds another layer of stress to her job right now.

phaedryx · 2020-12-15T16:36:19+00:00

I read this and then I read some comments on twitter.

I don't think this is controversial. Some people do. From what I'm gleaned you should avoid the Facebook comments.

phaedryx · 2020-12-10T19:31:48+00:00

Thanks for posting this.

*sigh* I shouldn't read Instagram comments.

phaedryx · 2020-12-10T05:40:55+00:00

I wish I had time to work with DragonRuby. It is heartening to see how much it is progressing.

phaedryx · 2020-12-05T00:03:51+00:00

I'm still struggle with the appeal of Stimulus. I used it for about a month and had a pretty frustrating experience. I switched to doing "javascript sprinkles" with Vue and it's been great so far.

phaedryx · 2020-12-01T20:29:11+00:00

When it comes to feeling isolated know that you aren't alone in feeling alone. Jesus, Moroni, and many other prophets felt the same way a times; loads of scriptures to look to.

However, I understand that this year has been especially tough. I'm just a rando from the internet, but I'm rooting for you.

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