The document discusses the importance of community in open source projects and emphasizes the need for a volunteer-based workforce. It addresses themes of burnout, perfectionism, and personal health, suggesting that progress is more important than perfection. The author shares actionable steps for improving physical, emotional, and financial health while promoting collaborative learning within the community.

1. @YouTooCanBeGuru
Youcan'thave
aThrivingCodebase
without
aThrivingCommunity
WordCamp Raleigh 2018

2. What does code have
to do with community?
@YouTooCanBeGuru

3. Open Source projects
depend upon a
volunteer-based
workforce -- you.
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4. If you feel burnt out, it's
time to take a break.
It really is okay.
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5. Let's talk about
perfectionism.
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6. The problem with
perfectionism is when we
take a marketable skill
from our career and apply
it to our personal lives.
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7. Progress is better than perfection.
Done is better than perfect.
Something is better than nothing.
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8. Whole Health
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9. The -ER Approach
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10. This suffix
communicates
progress -- not
completion.
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11. Physical Health
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12. Walking
Protein
Naps
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Three things I started doing:

13. Emotional Health
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14. Trusting close friends.
Feeling my emotions.
Taking medication.
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Three things I started doing:

15. Financial Health
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16. Believing I am worthy.
Understanding my cost.
Being open to business ideas.
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Three things I started doing:

17. We are a community
who understands
iteration by
collaboration.
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18. So I put this on GitHub.
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https://github.com/gidgey/
ThrivingCommunity

19. What can you start
doing today that will
move your physical
health in a
forward direction?
@YouTooCanBeGuru

20. Actionable goals with
incremental progress is
the key.
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21. @YouTooCanBeGuru