My life between two screens: a choice that changes everything

[written by a tunisian dreamer ]
[2/7/2025]

Today was like any other day in my room but something made me stop and think deeply i am sitting here working on my programming project while my friend is playing games like we are kids you know it makes me feel something strange in my heart.

You see we have been friends since a long time ago since we used to run around the street and all that but now when i look at these two screens in my room one with his game (he still plays those shooters) and the other with the codes of my projects i feel like i am seeing two different lives.

I'm not gonna lie dude sometimes when i'm stuck on a difficult project and my eyes hurt from looking at all that code i get jealous when i hear him laughing and having fun it's like why am i doing this to myself??? but then i remembered what my grandma always told me (she says it in arabic but i'm trying to translate): "he who plants the seeds early eats the best dates in the summer".

Yeah it's not like i'm better than him or anything but do you know what madness is? we're both going to get tired of life that's 100% for sure the only difference is when we decide to get tired some people (like my friend) choose to have fun right now play 24/7 and live life to the fullest but what happens next? when they grow up they'll have to work really hard to catch up.

and me? my story is different now i choose to be tired yes sometimes i feel like my mind is going to explode when a project isn’t working out yes sometimes i want to throw my laptop out the window when my code keeps making mistakes (please don’t tell my mom i said that) but you know what? i’m building something real every time i fix a problem in my project it’s like i’m building my future brick by brick.

Dometimes my friend says to me: “come play with us why are you always working on these boring things?” and sometimes the sound of the game on his laptop makes me want to drop everything and go play but then i think about my future self i’ll be really mad if you stop right now 😭

Listen my friends i’m not trying to sound like a wise guy or anything i’m just an ordinary person who like everyone else is trying to find meaning in life but i’ve learned one thing: we all go through stressful times we just have to choose: do we want the time of fatigue to come when we’re young and strong or when we’re old and tired?

The craziest thing? as i write this i can hear my friend screaming because he won his game yeah part of me wishes i could be there and win too but here i am fighting for my project and even though it’s hard i know i’m achieving something greater.

It’s not really about being better or worse it’s just a matter of making different choices right? we’re all trying to win in life but we’re playing different games if you know what i mean.

To all my friends who are choosing to feel fatigue right now: i see you i feel you we’re all in this together to my gamer friend: i still love you bro but i gotta do what i gotta do.

now let's get back to my project because these codes won't write themselves (i wish i had done this earlie)

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• I'm a software engineer interested in data science, trading and development.
• I'm interested in investigating the nexus of technology and innovation, especially data science, trade and software development.
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