IMPORTANT NOTICE! - Read all

[stefanhendriks]

I'd like to let everybody know that currently my life is a big mess and needs some cleaning. When looking at all the kind of projects i have open:

- a few websites which needs to be finished soon (within 2 weeks)
- RealBot, CS 2D, Dune 2 - The Maker

plus:
- lots of school work for 2 years

plus:
- a vacation coming

plus:
- only 1 chance to get my school stuff done , else i can kiss my ass goodbye

plus:
- i play piano, and lessons start soon
- i play guitarre (well, i tend to, just have no time)
- i play in a band

plus:
- i have friends (a few, but they consume time)
- i have a girlfriend (...need to say more?...)
- i have Bots-United (which i visit so much, that when the internet conneciton is down, my school work seems to increase with 200% heh)

plus:
- i have work, and this week i will be working 6 days... calculate the time i have left, devide that with the above amount of elements and see how many minutes i can actually spend... also do not forget i need to eat, sleep, etc.

About sleep, its been fucking warm out here in Holland, i haven't slept for a few days at all or not more then 1 hour. This breaks me up, unless like PM or something, i NEED sleep.

Its kind off strange; that in a holiday time i feel more pressure then i have ever felt in the overal feeling of my life. To prevent me from driving nuts by being obliged (or better said, feeling to be obliged..) by so many things i have to cut off a few things and make clear what i can handle now.

My main priority is school work, i have to work on it, fast, and good.

I will stop working on Dune 2 - The Maker and CS 2D; i will remove the shortcuts on my desk, as they are making me nervous.

I will remove the RealBot shortcut as well, because thats the main time eating thing for the past several years. Its open source now, and currently i do not want to work on it with so many things on my head, i cant think clear, i stress out and i do not make my environment happier with my behaviour due this stress.

Note, i do not stop , kill, pull the plug or whatever on RealBot. I want it to continue. And the past several days i saw that this is going well without my help constantly. I am glad about that.

I will visit Bots-United. I will not just vanish or something. I just want to make clear that you cannot expect as much as you used to. I do want to try the council membership and such; but its up the council if i am still functioning as i should over the time being. I understand if there are people not satisfied and want a replacement over time.

In very short:
RealBot is not dead, its father is just leaving him alone for a while...

I actually do not feel well by saying all of this, but i have no choice. If i do not keep up soon, i can kiss my future goodbye, and i want to have that future very much. I hope you all understand; if not, i do not care.

Stefan

It does make sense... take some rest (you will come back with even more ideas and energy ), work hard for your school, spend time with GF!

Reabots & CS are not everything in the real world

BTW, it is also quite hot in Belgium and I can't sleep as well :'(

-eric

PS: heu... do not forget to come back from times to times

PS2: if you read this, this means that you failed to stick to your plan

take your time, buddy...
you've done more than enough!

well... that's what i call an agenda...
that's more one man can handle, uh?

cheers and
Best Bytes®,
Harry

[stefanhendriks]

read it eek
anyway, i am at bu from time to time, i do not just dissapear!

[Gismo]

Stefan, take care of your immediate prioritys. I used to play in a band too and that required a lot of commitment itself. I look back now and wondered just why I was so rushed and had so many things to do. I should of done what you are doing and just taken a rest instead of muddling through it. It affected my schoolwork and my choice of career (flunked the last year completly) so now you have made the decision, go with it! Take a rest and see other things because later on you can come back with fresh visions and ideas. No one else can give you the opportunities you have now, grab em with both hands and don't worry about Realbot, I'm sure Evy will take up the reins for a while. Thanks for getting us this far!

PS Its too hot in Scotland at the moment too. lol

[botmeister]

I know exactly what you are talking about. I'm in a similar situation. Do what you have to do because you're no good to anyone or yourself when stressed out.

That vaction sounds like something you should be concentrating on

[TruB]

roger!..

you had your breaks before,, i never mind..

[@$3.1415rin]

finding the middle way is often quite more difficult than it seems ... well, at least to me

good luck

hi
u working on dune 2?

by ur self or what?

any website?

thanks

[-=RAV=-AdrianShephard]

Good luck stefan and take care of the school amd other stuff first