* I want to learn how to make a game from beginning to end.
* Math. Got two books to refresh my skills.
* Improve my parenting.
* Get back to sxratchin (turntables) and making beats.
* Put my work out.
Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
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#33I want to learn how to properly build a habit/routine that isn't dopamine driven. I have ADHD and I recently realized, even as I'm pushing 50 years old, that all of my hobbies, habits, and "likes" have been dopamine driven. I need to learn how to exclude the reward of a dopamine hit as the reason for doing something. Resources welcome.
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#34Learning to forgive and let go of resentment
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#35Mental fortitude and strength.
As I enter mid life I’m finding a lot of things (mentally) challenging. I’m hoping to find peace and mental strength to stay the course and enjoy the life I have built. Worry less, appreciate more, and generally just be happy.
How to skill up in this area? I’m honestly not sure, but starting with reading.
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#36My 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 the N4 or N3 next year.
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#37Learning machine learning through maths and implementing some of the most common ML algorithms from scratch. Writing technical blogs - I find it easy to write topics where there is no right or wrong, just a perspective. But would like to write some technical stuffs i learnt over the year.
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#38Oddly enough, for 2025 I would say writing.
I would normally think that with the rise of LLMs, writing would be come obsolete. Interestingly though, I think LLMs make good writing more valuable and at the same time more rare.
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#39Discipline all day. My life is rarely the reason for me not practicing the other skills I want to develop. Other than that I want to try out some pixel art, write more stories, and maybe some more pickup volleyball.
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#40One of the skills I already have is the ability to work with difficult people or take on projects that need to be rescued and turn them around. That has been a valuable skill and has allowed me to develop a brand around it. However, that doesn't mean that I enjoy working with difficult people or cleaning up other people's messes. I find those people just as off-putting as everyone else; I just happen to be better at…
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it sounds like you should look into stoic philosophy. I think it is overly hyped, and actually caused me some damage when I applied it too much, for too long, but definitely one of several worthwhile perspectives to have deeply internalized.