Has dwyl's name/ meaning changed?

[Cleop]

I've noticed a couple of places on github where dwyl which I've always formerly known to stand for 'do what you love' instead reads:

has this changed? is there an issue relating to the process of this decision?

To me, I think this is a more negative phrase. However I suppose it could link with saving time which could be in line with our product goals? But then again so could 'do what you love'... Or is it because there is competition for the use of 'do what you love' with other brands?

[nelsonic]

@Cleop thank you for opening this issue.
we had the "do what you love" (slogan) in the title for a long time (long before others¹...)
until "ghost" decided to remove it ... 🙄

We briefly restored it last year and then I updated it to the "other side of the same coin".
It might not be immediately obvious but "don't waste your life"
is the "away motivation" version of "do what you love" (toward motivation)
see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation#Neuroscience

My reasoning for de-limiting our organisation to "doing what you love" is simple: dwyl/start-here#178
By making everything we do about doing something we "love",
we will never leave our comfort zone and do things that we don't (currently) love
but which are really good for us, the environment or society.

If someone "loves" eating hamburgers and driving gas guzzling muscle cars,
should they mindlessly continue doing that all day at the expense of the environment, noise pollution and the long-term health of both themselves, their loved ones and the animals they are killing for taste?

I'm a fan of what NPM are doing with their expanded initialisation https://www.npmjs.com

It changes another 3 words beginning with N, P & M each day.

We can always change it back to "do what you love"¹ once everyone has read Cal Newport's book "So Good They Can't Ignore You" https://www.amazon.com/Good-They-Cant-Ignore-You/dp/1455509124 and learns that focussing on skills is the only way to guarantee finding/doing work we love.

✨

¹ Also, sadly, "We Work" trademarked the slogan ... and they use it everywhere! they did it after Inês named the company but sadly, the law doesn't care who "invented" it, only who registered it first ... 😞 https://www.google.com/search?q=wework+do+what+you+love&tbm=isch

[iteles]

I'm a fan of the versatility so I didn't change it myself when I noticed @nelsonic had changed it. I currently use both interchangeably depending on what is more befitting of the situation and I think a stronger brand presence brought on by a product will clarify this (with the help of some user testing).

The WeWork trademark was also a 🙄 moment so as you mentioned @Cleop it was definitely a factor.

[Cleop]

Thanks for the clarification @iteles @nelsonic, I like the context of the 'away motivation' 👍

[rub1e]

I'm a fan of what NPM are doing with their expanded initialisation

Honestly, the first time I noticed "Don't Waste Your Life", I refreshed the page to see if it would change to "Don't worry, you lump" or "Do while you learn".

Disappointed.

[nelsonic]

Worth linking to this issue/thread from "start-here" in case anyone else has this question ...? 💭