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Post by hypertexthero »

tmaly wrote: post #284
hypertexthero wrote: post #26

In the beginning of the day, don’t look at phone or computer. Avoid news especially, and instead write thoughts, draw something, work on a song, make something, anything. Don’t let day get sucked away with things that can’t be controlled. Excercise every day with “scientific 7 minute workout”. Also 20–40 minute walks or 100 basketball jump-shots. Draw daily, even a 5 minute drawing. Write daily, even for 5 minutes. P…

does this scientific 7 minute workout work?

Has worked for me.

It’s boring and difficult at first, but clears sinuses, gives energy, and a good endorphin mood boost to start the day.

A 20–40 minute fast walk is good, too.

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Post by hypertexthero »

jvanderbot wrote: post #149
hypertexthero wrote: post #26

In the beginning of the day, don’t look at phone or computer. Avoid news especially, and instead write thoughts, draw something, work on a song, make something, anything. Don’t let day get sucked away with things that can’t be controlled. Excercise every day with “scientific 7 minute workout”. Also 20–40 minute walks or 100 basketball jump-shots. Draw daily, even a 5 minute drawing. Write daily, even for 5 minutes. P…

You, sir or madam, should probably focus on one habit at a time. To focus on everything is to focus on nothing. I say this from experience. I can maintain progress on a few things, but as soon as it increases beyond a few things I lose all of them.

I try to do one of the above at a time, and not all at once, though it can be difficult :-D Life’s not so long and I’m interested in lots of things.

Jack-of-all-trades, master of none here, which can be useful, too!

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Post by Rendello »

sn9 wrote: post #290
Rendello wrote: post #263

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I'm just about finished Mathematical Foundations I on Math Academy: 95% finished 2950 XP 63 hours I started October 21st and aimed for 60 XP a day, every day. I tended to miss one or two days a week (so the equivalent of a weekend), and I ended up having one period of 9 days I missed completely (last week). One XP is supposed to be roughly 1 minute of work, so 63-(2950/60) means I've done 13 hours more work than I sh…

Their discrete math course has some graph theory! It should be coming out relatively soon.

I saw that! I just got to Fundamentals II today, after seeing what was in the diagnostics test, I'm really excited to keep going.

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Post by random42_ »

burgerrito wrote: post #287
random42_ wrote: post #278

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I loved to draw as a kid and in 2015 I tried to really learn so I bought a cheap course in one of these learning platforms (I think it was udemy). I haven't really kept drawing and have been on and off since then. Last year I decided to get back at it again and have been drawing a bit more consistently but I still can't keep it a daily routine. TL;DR: I draw, not consistently, but I do enjoy it.

You should try out drawabox.com. I think some people like it and some don't. Even I stopped following the tutorials from that website, but it actually has taught me important fundamentals to get started drawing, like something as simple as how to hold a pen, about perspective, how to draw a box or other shapes, etc. Also, don't stick to one tutorial, so you don't stuck in yet another tutorial hell haha. I think art i…

The course I did back in 2015 had a really good focus on the fundamentals; it helped immensely. At some point I also did DAB although I didn't follow it all the way to the end, but it also helped, especially with perspective.

One thing that distract me is the amount of stuff I need to learn as my goal was to learn digital painting. Drawing is very important but it's just the first step, then you have lots of other stuff like values, color, light, composition, etc. So you start to look into these things and there are an obscene amount of material to learn so it gets overwhelming and it put me off every now and then.

I confess that I need to improve my organization skills to be able to go through all that stuff without getting frustrated.

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Post by itsmemattchung »

sebg wrote: post #249
itsmemattchung wrote: post #17

Non-technical skills * (Continue) Dancing - Beginning of 2023, I got into street style dance and movement (including stretching which I've done now for the past 223 days) helped me get through one of the most challenging periods of my life (i.e. divorced with a child, moved from U.S. to London to single raise my daughter). Dance has now taken its life of its own and I'm finding myself competing in dance "battles" as…

Would love to help you learn rust. What’s the best way to reach out?

Thanks so much for the thought! Email would be great: matt@mattchung.me

I also see your details in your HN profile so will ping you separately

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Post by itsmemattchung »

Dracophoenix wrote: post #166
itsmemattchung wrote: post #17

Non-technical skills * (Continue) Dancing - Beginning of 2023, I got into street style dance and movement (including stretching which I've done now for the past 223 days) helped me get through one of the most challenging periods of my life (i.e. divorced with a child, moved from U.S. to London to single raise my daughter). Dance has now taken its life of its own and I'm finding myself competing in dance "battles" as…

> as a low level (i.e. C developer), I currently lack the skills to make my own little toy web apps more aesthetically pleasing for not just me, but to share with others How did you get interested in opposite ends of the tech stack?

My career (over the span of 15 years) has been non-linear. I started with web development initially and slowly worked my way down the stack, writing C while at was at AWS (virtual private cloud).

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Post by itsmemattchung »

jiggybling wrote: post #126
itsmemattchung wrote: post #17

Non-technical skills * (Continue) Dancing - Beginning of 2023, I got into street style dance and movement (including stretching which I've done now for the past 223 days) helped me get through one of the most challenging periods of my life (i.e. divorced with a child, moved from U.S. to London to single raise my daughter). Dance has now taken its life of its own and I'm finding myself competing in dance "battles" as…

Cool to see more dancers on HN! I'm gettin into it more myself, I was wondering if you could share the software you used in some of your shorts to practice dance?

Totally! Feel free to message me either on Instagram (@memattchung) or email: matt@mattchung.me

I'm assuming you are referring to the software that I wrote that blurts out certain (house dance) moves to help practice foundation and transitions?

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Post by peakd07 »

lormayna wrote: post #67

* Improving K8S knowledge and maybe obtain a certification * Learn a functional language (probably Elixir/Gleam) * Launch at least one of my side projects * Improving Mandarin skills * Ending the long track of one of my favourite cycling granfondo (Nove Colli)

I could help you with Mandarin, Also I am planing to learn Functional language like haskell

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Post by atmosx »

punkspider wrote: post #63
delichon wrote: post #52

I spend so much time rushing past moments, trying almost frantically to get through them by applying rules of thumb and not wasting attention. Of course if you do that too little you get stuck in the mud. But too much of it is a form of self-defeating panic. In survival mode you have to rush, eat things you normally wouldn't, put aside any non critical detail. But those details pile up when you stay in that mode for…

I forgot to add this one to my list, but it's exactly what I've been trying for the past few days, after I was reminded of it after hearing John Carmack, in a podcast, talk about learning things deeply. This is one of the reasons I'm dissatisfied with myself. My greatest successes have been when I applied full attention to details out of frustration, which have been rare. I genuinely believe that my life would drasti…

I don’t buy it from Musk, most likely won’t buy it from Carmack either, but I would love to give the podcast a try. Do you happen to remember which one was it?

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Post by atmosx »

nvarsj wrote: post #36

My goal is a non goal. Try to live in the present, enjoy leisure time, and stop stressing about always having to up-skill myself. As I near my 50s, I realise life is too short to always be working. It’s okay to take a break and just enjoy stuff guilt free. Having said that I have allowed myself one time intensive hobby - to learn Japanese. I’ve memorised around 1000 kanji and my grammar is decent. My goal is to pass…

Living in the present, is a lost form of the dark arts.

That’s a worthy 2025 goal for me as well. Thanks for sharing!

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