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From this list, the thing I struggle most with is conversations with strangers. Any suggestions on how to improve that?
- Meetups with like-minded individuals - Board game/trivia group at your local bar - Join Toastmasters
Using search engines efficiently not just Google. Tracking your online privacy and personal information.
For this I suggest taking a look at Gwerns Internet Search Tips: www.gwern.net/Search
Some less usual things people do that I think are very high value but boring (hence why they're not usually done): - Understanding taxes, the importance of savings and baseline personal finance literacy. - Reading the political programs of a few parties running for elections in you country - Reading a few yearly report / financial statements for a public company, an NGO/non-profit/state agency/local government and tr…
> Reading the political programs of a few parties running for elections in you country I too recommend reading more fiction in 2020! (Sorry, I was just a little bit struck with how little this would matter in some countries, mine included).
Survival skills. Global warming, unprecedented fires, coronavirus, rise of fascism, and on and on we go.
you'll die within a month if modern society collapses. Just focus on making a difference on current society instead of becoming a fatalist.
Starting conversations with strangers. Squat and deadlift. Eating healthier. Doing something kind for someone else every day. Honesty. Listening to people you disagree with. Driving safer (this is the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis). Meditation.
deadlift's are quite dangerous for the untrained. Start with "Fix Rounded Shoulders" and "Fix Anterior Pelvic Tilt" if you have not already done so. Plenty of great advice on YouTube on those topics.
Isn't that part of "acquiring" the skill; learning to do it?
Graph Databases. Most companies have problems where graph DBs are a great solution, but people who have experience with them are rare.
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deadlift's are quite dangerous for the untrained. Start with "Fix Rounded Shoulders" and "Fix Anterior Pelvic Tilt" if you have not already done so. Plenty of great advice on YouTube on those topics.
Even then not necessarily sufficient. Source: worked with a trainer on this for months after pulling my back at a crossfit years earlier and still having lingering effects. Sitting a ton creates, or can create, large hip inflexibility, tight hamstrings, etc. If budget and space isn't a material constraint, get a hexbar... it will lessen some of the impact on your back. Deadlifting (and squatting) is arguably the most…
Doing movements like deadlifts for reps (when fatigued!!) is a recipe for disaster.
The ability to be true to yourself in social situations! -> https://www.youtube.com/c/socialanimal We are surrounded by opportunities for real human connections Every day, we go through dozens of situations that encourage light, authentic interactions with the people around us. All these moments when someone is next to you, and YOU feel like you want to interact… but you don’t …you are working at coffee shop and ther…
- Build something. A new workbench for your office. Fix up an old car. Build a pull-up bar in your garage. Use your hands, cut some wood and metal, and treat yourself to a new tool or two. Do this with every project and you will have a nice tool collection before you know it.
- Learn to take pictures on a manual camera. You can do this with a modern automatic camera if it has a manual mode. Learn about ISO, f-stop, and shutter speed and the interplay of those three variables. There's a fantastic multi-part tutorial on Reddit that can help you learn these things. I don't have the link handy but you can Google for it.
- Set a goal of cooking for yourself at least two nights a week and eating leftovers two nights a week. Buy a binder and some clear inserts and start to put together your own book of favorite recipes.
- Take a nightly walk.
- Listen to classical music. This one didn't come to me until my 40s but I finally realized: there's a reason that this music has been popular for 300 years. Opera is great, too. Listen to Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". Download the KUSC app and listen to the amazing Metropolitan Opera broadcast every Saturday morning at 10 AM Pacific.