I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here.
Today’s tip is
Take a minute to remember what really matters to you and why.
For me, what really matters is my family. Everything else can go way, but I chose my wife and produced my children. Ultimately, I appreciate every minute I get with them.
I’ve been working with some complex builds lately, multi-stage ones, and I’ve been annoyed by the Azure DevOps agent. If you’re like me, you might see this in Agent consoles:
Notice anything interesting? No? Me, either.
This is annoying. I’ve renamed the releases and builds, but for some reason, I still get “Agent Job”. Very annoying, but I also see that this does allow for more customization. In Azure DevOps, things are very flexible, but often not obvious or intuitive where they are changed.
In this case, I can look at a Build stage. I see something like this:
I’ve renamed the CI, and I see that as the Pipeline as well. This what I’d hope would get sent to the agent. However, it doesn’t. Instead, I need to click on “Agent Job 1” in this case. Once I do that, I see this:
Here is where “Agent Job” comes from. In this case, I’d had two at one point, but deleted the other. I can rename this to something else:
Once I do that, I’ll start seeing names that allow me to more easily track what the agents are doing.
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here.
Today’s tip is enjoy washing your hands. Remember all they do for you.
I’ve never quite paid as much attention to washing my hands as I have the last couple months. I’m not a germaphobe, but I do fine myself soaping up longer, counting seconds to 20+, rinsing, and then being careful what I touch. I wash my hands after going through a store. I try to avoid finger pressing buttons on things like payment machines, and use some sanitizer if I do.
It’s not perfect, I’m not paranoid (or maybe not enough), but I am being careful and cognizant.
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here.
Today’s tip is to remember that all feelings and situations pass in time.
This was hard for me at first. I kept thinking this pandemic was like a blizzard. A week or two and things will be back to normal. It took me weeks to find some acceptance. Slowly, I’ve started to accept the changes in the world, bend like a reed with difficulties, and move around them.
With that, I also know that while the world may change permanently, I think that lots of the stress, upset and uncertain feelings, and the struggles with the current situation will pass. I’ll get on with life, either in a similar way to the past, or in a new way, and strive forward.
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