How did my interpretation fail to answer the challenge? I picked a problem that was an actual problem for me and then proceeded to answer that.
The feeling bad was largely because I wasn’t following the gusto or the spirit of the exercise but it was so techically lax so it is easy to fullfill. Part of the thing is that you don’t automatically assume that your pen is not allowed to go outside of the box. Instead you answer the question actually posed. Instead of doing the thing the most difficult route and shooting for style points if you are unsure whether you can do it at all you instead go where the fence is the lowest.
If the basis was not “not creative enough” or “not actually solving” what was it? It seems it is treated as if it should be self-evident but to me it is not. If I say “here are 25 bullet points” but then actually list 50 I am in the clear and answered the question. If I say “there are a lot of things but they are just essentially the same thing” but instead list 50 genuinely different things I am in the clear.
Part fo the reason to explain what I was doing is to fight fear of rejection, to explain as much as possible to avoid to come off as odd or needlessly complex. When in a “just do it” mindset and specifically looking to overcome mental obstacles an attitude of “I don’t care if you cry while doing it if you do it” is very proper.
How did my interpretation fail to answer the challenge? I picked a problem that was an actual problem for me and then proceeded to answer that.
The feeling bad was largely because I wasn’t following the gusto or the spirit of the exercise but it was so techically lax so it is easy to fullfill. Part of the thing is that you don’t automatically assume that your pen is not allowed to go outside of the box. Instead you answer the question actually posed. Instead of doing the thing the most difficult route and shooting for style points if you are unsure whether you can do it at all you instead go where the fence is the lowest.
If the basis was not “not creative enough” or “not actually solving” what was it? It seems it is treated as if it should be self-evident but to me it is not. If I say “here are 25 bullet points” but then actually list 50 I am in the clear and answered the question. If I say “there are a lot of things but they are just essentially the same thing” but instead list 50 genuinely different things I am in the clear.
Part fo the reason to explain what I was doing is to fight fear of rejection, to explain as much as possible to avoid to come off as odd or needlessly complex. When in a “just do it” mindset and specifically looking to overcome mental obstacles an attitude of “I don’t care if you cry while doing it if you do it” is very proper.
(Before I reply, I want to check whether you’ve read my comment on your post so that we both have full context?)
I followed up on the issue in that comment thread