- More trail running next year.
- Finish at least 2 books from my shelf (https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5198521-aljohn?shelf=t...)
Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019?
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#22Physical - Body fitness:
3 month: Increase reps to 2 per workout, experiment with 2 days and 3 days between to find out how to increase strength. Cardio once per week, 5-10 minutes
6 month: Increase strength to 3 sessions per workout day. Cardio 15-20 minutes.
1 year: Increase mass to 140 lbs
2 year: Increase mass to 150 lbs
Body wellness:
1 month: Stop drinking coffee
6 month: Stop eating sugar
Stop masturbating to porn.
1 year: Stop picking lips (and stop using balm)
2 year: Investigate ways to heal ‘permanent’ damage (left wrist, right hand, right foot, neck, back, breast, eyes)
3 year: Heal 2 ‘permanent’ damage
Intellectual: Learn to program: 6 month: Complete 2 to 3 courses on edx, create simple program. 1 year: Complete 5 to 6 courses, complete moderately complex program or contribute to same open source. 2 year: Complete 10 to 12 courses, contribute to complex program/large codebase. Right brain things: 2 month: Stop reading news. 6 month: Write weekly post, 3 paragraphs or more, about a topic of personal interest. Paint or craft 1 work of art. 1 year: Write 2 weekly posts or make two weekly videos 6 paragraphs or more on a topic of personal interest. Paint or craft 3 works of art.
Spiritual/emotional Job: 3 month: Work on expunging record 6 month: Work in a place that doesn't strain body, try out beekeeping to become more independent 1 year: Work for government or self in programming or computing. 2 year: Working prototype for $SECRET_VIDEO_GAME 5 year: Release $SECRET_VIDEO_GAME Family: 6 month: Have family dinner every Tuesday, join or create social group to foster encouraging socialization, became more vulnerable with wife and stop criticizing her. 1 year: Family dinner Tues, have weekly social meetings with diverse and encouraging groups, speak only integrously with wife and don't direct aggression at her. 2 year: Have healing conversations during weekly family dinner, try and integrate extended family and friends with the dinner and foster healthy relationships that contribute to growth, try to actively develop more intimacy with wife. Subjectivity and reality: Observe, relax more often, be in others' shoes, "educate" less. Discover highest life purpose.
Re: Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019?
#23Find a new job before I'm outsourced/laid off at IBM's newest acquisition.
I wish IBM could turn itself around
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#24Leave tech
Re: Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019?
#25* Officially launch byobudget.com - my first side project, hopefully on new years day.
* Continue at my day job.
* Have another child (crossed fingers)
* Being more kind, patient, understanding and towards my fellow man.
* Quantify myself - weight, food and sleep tracking, along with room temperature tracking
* Do a handstand for 60 seconds without support.
* Better manage my money
* Get good with the $20 dollar drone I got today :)
* Build stronger binds with my family.
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#26Improving diet and exercise habits. Diet > more plant based Exercise > more “zone 3” cardio training and maintenance level weightlifting.
Curious why more plant based is considered an improvement?
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#27* Finishing my degree.
* Weekly goals: 10KM in runs, writers pages, meditation, being more put together (varying uniform from T-shirt, jeans and trainers).
* Making money in the markets (should be a good time to short)
* Becoming a whiz at linear algebra and data structures.
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#28I have two big goals:
- I want to complete my CS degree, get a post-graduation work permit (I am a US citizen going to school in Canada), and find a full time job
- I'd like to learn to deal with my anxiety better. I have a diagnosed disorder, and lately it has made it incredibly difficult to enjoy doing things outside of my comfort zone. I often have problems eating and socializing, and I would like to start seeing a therapist and develop coping skills to deal with the shit that goes on in my mind.
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#29Health and Fitness needs to be number 1 - part of that is reducing alcohol intake which is difficult as I am part of a very active social group which has a lot of alcohol and drug abuse. Financially - reducing my cost base and actually getting to a new highest "net worth" figure (I've spent a lot on self education which has been very fruitful but I need that "fuck you money") Otherwise I need to diversify my income a…
Jack, I was in a similar place regarding your H&F statement not long ago.
I have halved my standard drink intake to maybe ~20 a weekend now and I feel SO much better on a daily basis now (probably due to sleeping better on the weekends).
What helped me curb the rampant binge drinking/partying was a renewed focus on software projects I had been meaning to work on, and training for local races (10ks, half marathons).
I am sure you will succeed as you have already identified what you can divert the time and energy to.
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#30Learn how to invest - it seems to be relatively simple (especially if you're a news nerd like most peple here) but emotionally deceptive. Not many people in Australia are doing it (past their regular Super/401k-equivalent).
I've started to read the 'classic' books (The Intelligent Investor for example), and will probably do some paper trading before I jump into the 'real' thing