[WIP] Creating a Support Network for Gambling Recovery
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A Blog by lehtu
A blog by lehtu(ska) dedicated to sharing insights and raising awareness about mental health, ADHD, and the battle against gambling addiction. With a unique blend of humor and honesty, I delve into serious topics like software development, indie hacking, and entrepreneurship. As a problem solver and self-development enthusiast, I aim to educate and entertain my readers through thoughtful articles and personal stories. Join me on this journey to become smarter and more focused on your goals.…
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[WIP] The Role of Therapy in Treating Gambling Addiction
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[WIP] Understanding the Psychological Triggers of Gambling
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Effective Strategies for Overcoming Gambling Urges
Maybe it goes without saying that all of my writings about gambling addiction are a combination of my personal experience, what I have learn while doing volunteer work and what I have got through education on the topic. Today I am about to tell you what are gambling urges, why it's important to detect them and what kind of strategies to use for overcoming them. What Are Gambling Urges? At the cash…
How to Support a Loved One Struggling with Gambling
Seeing someone you care about struggle in general with anything can be heartbreaking and overwhelming. Same goes with gambling addiction. The urge to try to solve problems your loved one is having is intense. This addiction is no different than others, what has evolved during a long period of time doesn't get solved overnight. So what you can do? In this post I'll try my best to describe what you…
Early Warning Signs of Gambling Addiction
Gambling addiction is a serious issue that affects millions of people worldwide. According to the National Council on Problem Gambling, approximately 2 million U.S. adults meet the criteria for severe gambling problems in any given year. In today's post I'll cover early warning signs of gambling addiction. Stuck In The Mind Constantly thinking about past gambling experiences, planning the next…
My Personal Journey with Gambling Addiction
As a kid I received scratchcards as birthday gift, I saw slot machines in every gas station, grocery store and kiosk. People around me, from young to elder, played slot machines and lottery. It felt normal, adult thing, exciting and easy way to get some extra cash. Although those games were restricted to 15-year-olds and upwards, every now and then we got to play slots with my friends. In this…
My Blaugust Raport
When I heard about Blaugust - a month when you should post a blog each day for a month, I first thought that it's too intense for me, but after a while of thinking of it I decided to try it anyways. I have always wanted to write more and have a blog where I could write down and share my thoughts and experiments. Usually it has been under 5 posts and then I forgot the whole thing existed. Also…
Panic Disorder - My Story: The Crash - Part #1
I was 19-years-old when I graduated to a profession, on that very spring I also flew first time to another country without my parents - it was exciting and I stressed a lot, but it was tolerabel since I was travelling with a friend who had more flight miles on his belt. At this point of my life I had felt being introvert, extrovert and anything between, but I was rather shy and worried kid. I was…
How to Give Positive Feedback: You Can Do It!
Again I find myself writing about something that's not so obvious for many of us and one might read the title of this post and think like "well, I'm just not good at that" and then skip this. While that might be to true, listen me here: You are absolutely right! It's not easy and it doesn't come by nature for all of us. I - myself - am a one example of that. Giving positive feedback has been a…
What Motivates Me: At Work
I have done my fair part on procrastinating at work, even with the easiest tasks. It has always somewhat bothered me that why some easy tasks took so long to finish and why some much harder tasks I get huge enery boost and try to solve them even on my spare time. This time I'm going to talk about what motivates me. Positive Feedback Complements from the clients, customers, boss, co-workers and…
ADHD Reader: Feedback is Crucial
It's about a year now since I published ADHD Reader, a chrome extension, to Chrome webstore. First feedback from the users I got via webstore reviews, but other than that I had no idea why so many has removed the extension, nor why some of still keeps using it. Webstore Reviews At first I got amazing reviews in Chrome webstore, eventhough there were several bugs, still kind users left a review…
What Makes You A Professional
Well, this is a tough one. Answer for this is somewhat subjective, but maybe there are some common things we all can agree. I have always been wondering if I am professional or not, or professional enough and what this is. Nowadays I know that I am professional enough, and if not, I will get feedback about it - and as a professional I won't break into tears while getting it! (well maybe just a…
What Interviewer Wants: What Are They Actually Doing?
Job hunting and interviews have been always something I get really excited about. In the beginning of my career there was also a lot of anxiety, stress, nervousness and other common things one could go through while applying to new job. In some point it really changed for me, they are still exciting, but more like that I actually really enjoy that process. If I get to the phone, I know I have a…
Remote Work #Part1
When I first time heard about remote work in my workplace they told me that it's a nice idea, but it doesn't work. There was years before me joining the company one employee who had said to be working remotely, but actually was having a vacation. After manager had realised this, they fired that employee. And of course, because of this one experience, former employee, they decided to ban remote…
My Tech History #Part1
First thing I learned as a kid about coding was HTML and some extremely basic level of PHP. In the beginning I wrote all the code in browser to some textarea which didn't have any kind of syntax highlighting or anything else you would hope from a code editor. Place where I hosted my "sites" was a hosting provided by a finnish tech magazine Mikrobitti - only for subscribers. Later web hotels and in…
Me Listing My Tech
I have always liked to use a good amount of time for choosing the tech I purchase and use. Today I decided to write about what and why I have currently for my setup. Personal Computer Before I always had the latest, or almost the latest Macbook Pro and usually same laptop was used for working and personal stuff. However, now I have had for over a year desktop computer designed by Apple and…
7 Ways to Use ChatGPT
Very common idea is to use ChatGPT for creating emails, tweets, blog posts and other content - especially if writing is not your favorite thing or english isn't your native language. However I personally see that there is much more potential in this. 1. Ask ChatGPT to Write a Function Every now and then I'm building something that is far from my comfort zone. For example something with geometry,…
My First Chrome Extension: ADHD Reader
A Year ago, in spring 2022, I read an study about how bolding first letters of each words have been tested to make it easier and faster to read for people having dyslexia, adhd or other neurological challenge. I tried it from the sample, and it's hard to say if it actually works or is it all about placebo, anyhow I sent the study to my friend. Couple days later he got back to me and said that it's…
10 Things NOT To Do In a Job Interview
1. DON'T Be Late! There is no excuses to be late on your interview. You are giving a bad picture of yourself if you are late from a job interview - how can they know that you would be on time if you got the job, that's what they are thinking. be 10-30 minutes too early, wait in the lobby or near by, but make sure you are not late for one second. 2. DON'T Stress It Too Much A Job Interview can be a…
Meetings as a productivity and motivation killer
Meetings. Ah, those meetings. You know those meetings where you have been invited only because someone might have something to ask from you. Meetings which take more than an hour without a coffee break. Maybe you are more familiar with live meetings where there is not enough seats for everybody. Meetings where phones are ringing, people answering the calls, or two of the seven participants are…
Hosting a Static Website in Github: 2023 edition
During the years of self managing VPS servers and hosting Wordpress I got allergic to all that trouble and struggle. There has been many good options for hosting websites, being that Wordpress or not, but webhotels were always kinda sluggish and free versions especially unreliable and with limited features. For my hobby projects I liked using Heroku for a good amount of time. It was easy, cheap to…
New Tech is Boring
In my childhood music was first heard from radio, then bought on c-cassette, or recorded from the radio into a c-casette. Movies had to be seen first in the movie theaters and/or then waiting for approx of 6 months to be able to purchase it on VHS so you can watch it again at home. TV-series, well that was so different - only way was to watch once a week new episode from TV at fixed time. Of…
The Urge to Do Something IRL: fear of missing out
You know the feeling that you are spending too much time on your computer and too little in real life? That has hit me many times during my life and work career. As a teenager I learned to build & fix computers, to install windows and get software, music and movies from the internet. Much of time was spent playing online and learning how to code, or how to use photoshop. After I moved out from my…
5 Side Hustles That Worked for Me
Many of us has heard how to make money on internet and seen lists of ideas, but it's not that easy to actually start and sell something. Here are some of the side hustlest that I have found working for me earlier - I'm still not saying that it's for everyone. 1. Building Websites I started building websites back in the days while I was still in the middle of my studies. During the last 18-years I…
Impostor Syndrome: 10 years doesn't cut it
One of those things you cannot entirely undestand before you have it and experience it by yourself. Although having it doesn't mean that you know what it is, or even that it is a thing at all. I have been software developer over a decade and still every now and then I suffer from it. I feel like I got the job just because I am good at speaking my way into the company - Did I really tell everything…
Finding an apartment: Software Developer Edition
It was new years eve on 2019 when I just had diagnosed with depression, couple of months before I had a harsh break up, I didn't enjoy my work, I procrastinated A LOT, I was tight on money - I was lost and angry at myself. At this point I had been working mainly remotely for almost a year, I visited the office 1-2 times a week - it was 2 hour drive in one way. I had an idea, that at this point of…
How to Get a Job Interview - and stand out for your benefit
I was still living with my parents when I was thinking about getting my first summer job. I had heard of a factory that offers summer job for students and I knew that many of my friends were also applying for the job. How could I stand out from other applicants and with zero experience of working - I was only 17-years old. What we had been taught in school was to apply many jobs in different…
Why I am taking a part to Blaugust
I have always wanted to have my own blog, even tried blogging couple of times. It has never got me far from the beginning and then I have just forgot even having a blog. Now I'm joining to Blaugust and trying to blog once a day for whole month! - eventhough it's not looking good, since I'm writing this first post just before the day changes.. Why writing a blog has been so hard for me? Maybe it…