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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Ali Murteza Yesil - Personal</title><link href="https://murtezayesil.me/" rel="alternate"></link><link href="https://murtezayesil.me/feeds/personal.atom.xml" rel="self"></link><id>https://murtezayesil.me/</id><updated>2020-08-05T11:11:00+06:00</updated><subtitle>Blog</subtitle><entry><title>Marble League 2020</title><link href="https://murtezayesil.me/marble-league-2020.html" rel="alternate"></link><published>2020-08-05T11:11:00+06:00</published><updated>2020-08-05T11:11:00+06:00</updated><author><name>Ali Murteza Yesil</name></author><id>tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-08-05:/marble-league-2020.html</id><summary type="html"><p>I am not like interested in sports. But I find Jelle's Marble Runs silly. That is a solid reason to love something 😅️</p></summary><content type="html"><h1>COVID-19, sport events and me</h1>
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<p>I am not a person who followes football, basketball or any other sports league. I don't think I was ever excited about any sports events. As a Turkish, I would support Turkey in an internetional competition. But I never painted my face red and white or went to stadium for a sport event.</p>
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<p>I actually have not been interested in sport events for over 20 years. But ever since we had to self-isolate the <a href="https://covid19.who.int/">COVID-19</a> by staying in our houses, I restarted bloging, deployed NextCloud instance for my phone and computer to sync, joined Fediverse and also started watching YouTube more and more. Some of the videos are programming related and others are entertainment, comedians and stuff.</p>
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<p>John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight, dedicated an episode to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4gBMw64aqk" title="Watch the episode on YouTube">sports and COVID-19's effect on them</a>. As it turns out, all sport events are halted. Except one! Marble League, Jelle's Marble Runs, continues without a hickup. I never heard about MarbleLympics before but after seeing some clips in Last Week Tonight's episode, I knew I had to watch it.</p>
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<h1><a href="https://jellesmarbleruns.com/series/ml/">Marble League <img width=25em height=auto alt="Jelle's Marble Runs Logo" src="https://jellesmarbleruns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-circle-cropped.png"></a></h1>
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<p><a href="https://jellesmarbleruns.fandom.com/wiki/Jelle_Bakker">Jelle Bakker</a> co-founded Marble League with his brother <a href="https://jellesmarbleruns.fandom.com/wiki/Dion_Bakker">Dion Bakker</a> back in 2014. It is a silly event and commentator speaks in a way that assumes marbles are real athletes with personalities and traits. In my opinion, it is silly in a not weird but oddly entertaining way. I ❤️ Marble League.</p>
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<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marblelympics/images/1/1d/JelleBakker.png" alt="Orange marble with purple flowers" width=75%>
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<p>Jelle Bakker</p>
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<img src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marblelympics/images/7/78/Dion_Bakker_M1.png" alt="Black and White" width=75%>
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<p>Dion Bakker</p>
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But watching a sport event without supporting any team is weird silly. I didn't like the idea of supporting whichever team is sitting on top of the leaderboard. I wanted my team to surprise marbles with its achievements and I found a team that is not expected to win, not expecting to win*, close to Earth 😉️
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<img width=50% src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marblelympics/images/b/b1/Oceanics-0.png" alt="Orange marble with purple flowers">
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* At least I am not expecting my team to win. I just like them the way they are regardless of whether they win or not. That being said, I expect them to pass balancing so that I can watch them compete.</content><category term="Personal"></category><category term="100DaysToOffload"></category></entry><entry><title>Silent Rage Quits</title><link href="https://murtezayesil.me/silent-rage-quits.html" rel="alternate"></link><published>2020-07-30T16:49:00+06:00</published><updated>2020-07-30T16:49:00+06:00</updated><author><name>Ali Murteza Yesil</name></author><id>tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-30:/silent-rage-quits.html</id><summary type="html"><p>nobody saw it coming</p></summary><content type="html"><p>Has it ever happened to you that when you start to change your life for better by building a good habit but at some point you give up seemingly out of nowhere, kinda like rage quit but without rage?</p>
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<p>Announcing your goal to public or close friends and family members for them to keep you reminded of your goal is called "motivational accountability". It sounds like a great idea. But it only back fired in my cases.</p>
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<p>I decided to announce what my goal was and wanted people to motivate me by reminding me my goals. I got the support of people I love. I also got bombarded with what I should and shouldn't do. I am mad at myself for pushing myself to the spotlight and too much attention.</p>
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<p>If you look from outside there was nothing wrong, my path was wide open, weather was clear. People around me made sure of that. I can't be mad at them for their help. I pressured myself by taking too much support which turned into pressure. There is a fine line between supporting someone by reminding one's goals and pressuring them to reach their goals. Even though some people were keeping the balance when mixed with other's pressure, they all turned into pressure.</p>
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<h2>I finally snapped and I silently rage quitted</h2>
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<p>I still do set targets for myself but I don't announce them. They instead are my secrets until they are reached.<br>
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Asking for help, opinions and experiences of others is important for making educated decisions. But it sure is difficult without revealing anything. If people really have to know, it should be as few people as possible in my opinion.</p>
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<h3>Read on your own risk</h3>
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<p>In case you are wondering what I rage quitted, it is computer programming (or at least CS degree). After spending 4 years in 2 different universities in 2 different countries and hearing about what programming languages to learn, which online courses to take, what programs to write, how much mark to get, how many hours to sit on the arse and practise coding, practising for interviews, solving puzzles on Leetcode, memorizing a tone of formulas for no other reason than they will be asked in the exam, what should one aim for ...</p>
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<p>Maybe you think I got it all wrong and annoyed and frustrated for no good reason. If you don't recall this feeling, I am happy for you. I hope you never experience it.</p>
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<p>If you find accountability very motivational and working for you then I am glad for you. Let the world know and help you to reach your goals.</p></content><category term="Personal"></category><category term="100DaysToOffload"></category></entry></feed> |