Slugging it Out – The Big Difference
I've been really slugging it out today. I mean really. Today has been a lot of work writing JSON configuration files for my ticker plant that will be read into a MongoDB that is the back-end for the configuration service. There's a lot of things I need to set up for this system - all the exchange feeds, all the distribution of the messages, all the mappings... it's a lot of stuff. In addition to all this, I really need to find a way to create the service coverage maps...
These things really got me down, I have to say. Not ashamed to admit it. There's something to be said about not getting bogged down, but when you're in the middle of it, the best thing you can do - I have found - is to just push through it. Taking a break isn't going to help - you have to come back to the exact same place. That's no good. There's no way to go around the problem, you have to go through it.
Kind of a drag, but it's what you have to do. And in the end, it's really what separates the good from the middle-of-the-road. If you push through when you're sick and tired of doing something, then you're going to get it done faster, and move on to something that you like to do. Let it really slow you down, and you're spending more time doing this thing you're going to hate even more.
Well... gotta get back to it. Pushing through it.