TheOneTrueKyle

Took me 5 days as well, though I might have spent more than an hour on it daily. I stepped away from the cube for about 4 years and was able to pick it up again just from muscle memory.

I now use the cube as a meditative practice. For 1-3 minutes, nothing in the world matters with the exception of solving the cube. Doesn't work well as a meditation tool when you start doing other cubes however, like the megminx. It just becomes a frustration device.

I have been looking for a developer position since 2013. I am still looking. I currently work as a test Engineer and have a steady income, but life is genuinely getting worse and worse as time goes by.

Contrast that with blog posts of 20 somethings telling you how to be happy and be productive on medium as they enjoy their Facebook job is quite frustrating and can make things worse.

I am starting to build a brand in the hopes that I can make something out of it and never have to worry about finding a development job.

Besides not listening to people on the interwebs, I don't really have any advice. Just wanted to let you know that you are not alone.

As someone new to python, this has been confusing. The process involves learning using some blog post, the spending time refactoring because its old.

I have been struggling to get into the flow for the same reason that I have trouble getting into meditation: I have bulging disks and chronic pain.

I can never completely focus on anything these days because I am constantly focusing on the pain.

Does anyone else with chronic pain have advice for getting into a flow state without being interrupted by pain?