How do you deal with a major obstacle/setback?
I've been working on a project for a few months (a search engine application), and I had finished writing the frontend code for the initial prototype. But last Thursday, my laptop's D: Drive crashed without recovery :( causing me to lose all my project's frontend source code (apart from the search algorithm and backend server stuff which I regularly backup to cloud storage).
The only positive aspect that I can try and see to this is that I was planning to rewrite the frontend eventually, so... I will have to do that sooner rather than later. Coupled with another side project I am doing, and my PhD work, this is getting a bit hectic :/
Let me know if you have been in similar situations and how you have dealt with it.
Damn, that's unfortunate.
I think we've all been in similar situations. The worst example from my own life is that I was about 50,000 words into writing a novel back in college, and one night while drunk I deleted the entire manuscript from my hard drive in a fit of frustration that I was a terrible writer and that the pursuit was pointless.
To fast forward on that particular episode:
This is a long way of saying: sometimes, the only solution is to become a stoic and just soldier on while learning from your mistakes. Take on the mindset of infinite entrepreneurship. Yes, you may have burned a month or three, but assume your journey will continue for the next decade. Or longer.
Hey! Thanks for sharing. I really like the concept of infinite entrepreneurship and the writeup helped me see my situation in a new perspective.
On a philosophical level, cut your losses, learn from it and move on to the next thing.
Specifically on what happen. Back up like crazy with any service you have available and any external drive that you own.
Git/Bitbucket, Online Drives, Local external drive