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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.

What is the workout you do?

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Agreed. Also, I found The Courage to be Disliked an interesting paradigm shifter.

The book looks pretty interesting and not what i thought it was based on its title; need to check it out. In case you didn't know of it; you might also like Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%27s_World

Thanks, yes, never got around to reading it.

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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…

Lol. I found instead of japanese u should other things.

Haha maybe, it's a bit contradictory to my first goal. I'm limiting myself to an hour a day at most of study right now. I might increase it (mostly w/ more immersion) but being mindful to not make it all time consuming.

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Google "adhd hobby jumping". Too much to explain here. The main thing to keep in mind with ADHD is that when a normal person simply thinks about doing a task, they get a hit of dopamine that gives them the motivation to do the task. An ADHD person doesn't get that until after the task is done, which leads to them never starting. The exception is with things that are an instant dopamine hit. The new shiny. Lather, Rin…

What I've found helps me with hobby jumping or not completing tasks/practicing/etc. is to not talk about it. If I'm going to do a task or work on a hobby the act of saying I'm going to do something triggers the same dopamine reward as actually doing the thing. Instead I try to only talk about things that are already done in order to hold myself a little bit more accountable for actually working on stuff.

I know I'm answering late, but WOW I didn't know this was an ADHD thing. I have noticed that if I talk about doing a thing, I don't do the thing, and the opposite is true. I thought this was just a ME thing. Mind blown. Thank you for sharing this!

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I want to solve a rubiks cube in less than a minute. Less than 30 seconds would be really cool. Got a nice speed cube with magnets for christmas, so that's the first important step on the journey :-)

Nice. I did that for 2024. It was a secondary goal/effect of aiming to limit phone time when “idle”. When I carry the cube around, screen time goes down. I’m not at 30 secs yet but < 1 min often.

Cool. I'm pretty solid according the the beginner method now, time for the next step!

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I'm working on a project on how to help engineers become sales people and put together an ebook to start the process. I'm looking for honest feedback on the book as how it would be for a foundation to something more. You can find it here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pwirbs67lhqqtlw05hsw4/MasterT...

Let me know what you think!?

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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.

What is the workout you do?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/well/workouts/

More info: https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness/7-minute-workout

10 second break between each of these:

Jumping jacks (30 seconds)

Wall sit (30 seconds)

Pushups (30 seconds)

Crunches (30 seconds)

Step-up onto chair, alternating legs (30 seconds)

Squats (30 seconds)

Triceps dips, using a chair or bench (30 seconds)

Forearm plank (30 seconds)

High-knees or running in place (30 seconds)

Lunges, alternating legs (30 seconds)

Pushups with rotation, alternating sides (30 seconds)

Side plank (30 seconds)

Re: Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?

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* 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

Any suggestion to learn Mandarin? Apps, courses, resources?
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