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- build new winery (building for production, lab and so)
- extend my body flexibility: after decades of sitting I am able to just reach my knees while standing. I want to be able to reach toes by the end of this year. Also work on my posture and remove my back pain.
I've been wondering what the next step is for me after 5 years as a (professional) web developer. I still enjoy it but I can't help but think that there's something after. I work on a very modern stack (React, Redux, TypeScript, etc.) and I imagine many here would be satisfied with that. But lately I keep trying to define the value that I bring to the table and it's hard to verbalize, when it shouldn't be. So learning to express that is also on the table.
I've also been getting my feet wet with crypto, machine learning and FinTech. They may turn out to be 2017 fads but so was JavaScript and jQuery back in the day.
https://medium.com/@7sevens/the-seven-sevens-challenge-c7b7d...
Remain committed to reason, especially when emotions run high. Grow more willing to stand up to bullies, including on HN. Be kind to people, including myself. Cause 10% less animal suffering through my eating habits. Spend at least one week in a country and culture I don't understand.
That is oddly specific.
Remain committed to reason, especially when emotions run high. Grow more willing to stand up to bullies, including on HN. Be kind to people, including myself. Cause 10% less animal suffering through my eating habits. Spend at least one week in a country and culture I don't understand.
Don't waste your time arguing with the internets.
I don't like resolutions. They are lies we tell ourselves, false promises from our present self about our future self. If you actually believe you can accomplish your resolutions, you don't need a manufactured holiday, like New Year's, to decide to change your life. Any day of the week should work. Don't wait until 2018 - start today.
Remain committed to reason, especially when emotions run high. Grow more willing to stand up to bullies, including on HN. Be kind to people, including myself. Cause 10% less animal suffering through my eating habits. Spend at least one week in a country and culture I don't understand.
> Cause 10% less animal suffering through my eating habits. That is oddly specific.
It's the most abominable the we do as humans and yet our society is constructed in such a way that it's very, very difficult to stop without economic, social or dietary consequences. I don't want to beat myself up for failing to resist the pressures of both biology and society, but I don't want to give up either. I know I can do 10% better. I can avoid the foods that cause the most suffering, and reduce or pay more for others and do so without any real cost to my social life, health or happiness.