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Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by Sukotto »

megamark16 wrote: post #17
Tichy wrote: post #11

The problem is, despite all good intentions (which famously pave the road to hell), I am still not sure how to live a meaningful life. It is easy to make decisions on the spot, but really hard to stick to something over the long time. I don't have any working system for staying on track. What do you use to manage your life? I have at times put down my goals on paper, but those sheets of paper just got lost under the…

This might sound lame but for me it's Twitter. I'm back on Weight Watchers try to drop the 20 pounds I put over the holidays and new year, so I'm tweeting my weigh ins every Friday. I slipped up a little yesterday; everybody at work brought in their superbowl leftovers. But you can bet that I'm back on today, because I'd really like to have something positive to tweet about Friday, and "the whole world" is watching :…

Yeah... me to (sans the Twitter)

Set up joes goals [1] with a positive "I weighed myself today" and a negative "I broke my No S diet [2] today" (can have multiple ticks against that last one).

The little chart that joesgoals makes for me is oddly compelling.

[1] http://joesgoals.com/ [2] http://www.nosdiet.com/

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by tsally »

jff wrote: post #2

I wish I hadn't wasted my time clicking on that.

A lot of smart, well connected people read Hacker News. In addition to reflecting poorly on you, your comment reflects poorly on your academic institution (RIT). I doubt the people at RIT would be pleased. Try to put a little thought in next time?

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by [deleted] »

swombat wrote: post #8

What would you do if you found out, right now, that you have exactly 2 years left to live? Nothing more, nothing less. Exactly two years, and then you'll die in your sleep. What would you do with those 2 years? PS: "I'll train myself not to sleep" is not a good answer.

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Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by axod »

swombat wrote: post #8

What would you do if you found out, right now, that you have exactly 2 years left to live? Nothing more, nothing less. Exactly two years, and then you'll die in your sleep. What would you do with those 2 years? PS: "I'll train myself not to sleep" is not a good answer.

FWIW, I don't think I'd do much different than I currently do (Which I think is a reasonably good sign). Would you?

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by PebblesRox »

Sukotto wrote: post #31
megamark16 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This might sound lame but for me it's Twitter. I'm back on Weight Watchers try to drop the 20 pounds I put over the holidays and new year, so I'm tweeting my weigh ins every Friday. I slipped up a little yesterday; everybody at work brought in their superbowl leftovers. But you can bet that I'm back on today, because I'd really like to have something positive to tweet about Friday, and "the whole world" is watching :…

Yeah... me to (sans the Twitter) Set up joes goals [1] with a positive "I weighed myself today" and a negative "I broke my No S diet [2] today" (can have multiple ticks against that last one). The little chart that joesgoals makes for me is oddly compelling. [1] http://joesgoals.com/ [2] http://www.nosdiet.com/

I liked this part:

"Is there any scientific evidence that this diet works?

Absolutely none. But I'm not aware that I have any competition in this regard. It is more or less how billions of thin people around the world have eaten for millenia, if that counts for anything."

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by keeptrying »

People have pointed out in this discussion that its hard to actually live a meaningful life. Especially in the US it can be hard to learn how to lead one.

I've been delving into Buddhism over the last 5 months because of a family situation of mine that I have had to deal with and I think to be able to live a meaningful life all you have to do is help someone else who: 1. Really needs your help. 2. Can do nothing (by the nature of his/her predicament) for you in return at this very moment. 3. needs help on a continual basis. Ie, a long term commitment which then implies that you going to work everyday is helping someone else. That would be living a meaningful life.

I think thats why having kids is living a meaningful life.

My recommendation: Put an underprivileged kid in India through college who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it. http://www.ffe.org (100% of your money is given to the children as the administration fees are paid for by a separate fund).

It takes a long time to get to this thinking though. I mean think about it: If you had only $2000 in your bank, the only way you could give $2000 to charity is to be able to either give up all your dreams/aspirations or at least put them on hold. That is very hard to do ...

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by illumin8 »

megamark16 wrote: post #17
Tichy wrote: post #11

The problem is, despite all good intentions (which famously pave the road to hell), I am still not sure how to live a meaningful life. It is easy to make decisions on the spot, but really hard to stick to something over the long time. I don't have any working system for staying on track. What do you use to manage your life? I have at times put down my goals on paper, but those sheets of paper just got lost under the…

This might sound lame but for me it's Twitter. I'm back on Weight Watchers try to drop the 20 pounds I put over the holidays and new year, so I'm tweeting my weigh ins every Friday. I slipped up a little yesterday; everybody at work brought in their superbowl leftovers. But you can bet that I'm back on today, because I'd really like to have something positive to tweet about Friday, and "the whole world" is watching :…

If you really want to understand why it's difficult to lose weight, and "hack" your body like you hack on computers, I highly recommend a book called Ultrametabolism by Dr. Mark Hyman.

In the last 3 months I've lost 20 pounds, just by doing mainly these 3 things:

1. Eat breakfast every day, and make sure it has protein. 2. Eat only whole grains and no refined flour, pasta, and avoid simple carbs. 3. Eat plenty of fats, including nuts, avocadoes, olive oil, and other healthy fats.

I've done all of this while eating filling breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with snacks in between meals and even dessert like chocolate brownies, dark chocolate, etc.

Not only have I lost 20 pounds, I can eat this diet for the rest of my life and be completely healthy. This is the diet that humans evolved on, whole grains, fresh vegetables, fruits, and lean meats. The diet is very similar to Mediterranean or Asian diets.

Some other benefits, since I switched to this diet, I have more energy, my cholesterol is perfect, and my blood sugar levels don't spike.

The entire secret to this diet is that by eating whole grains and avoiding simple carbs, you avoid foods that turn into sugar in the blood and cause your blood sugar to spike. These foods like breads/pastas/etc give you quick energy, but then cause a crash later, causing you to eat even more food. Also, your body can't deal with that much sugar in the blood so it stores it as fat. By eating whole grains, your body takes longer to digest them, releasing blood sugar at a slow, even rate. Thus, you have energy all day and don't crash, or get hungry between meals.

edit: I also want to point out that the author of the book has done considerable scientific medical research, and his diet is based on empirical research, not pseudo-science like many diets.

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by anatoly »

F_J_H wrote: post #20

Reminds me of "Instantes" by Jorge Luis Borges: If I were able to live my life anew, In the next I would try to commit more errors. I would not try to be so perfect, I would relax more. I would be more foolish than I've been, In fact, I would take few things seriously. I would be less hygienic. I would run more risks, take more vacations, contemplate more sunsets, climb more mountains, swim more rivers. I would go to…

Sorry to butt in all pedantic, but I was unable to confirm that Borges wrote this poem (it's usually presented as a poem), and found a few online conversations where it's claimed it has been attributed to several different writers and is of uncertain authorship.

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by heed »

I apologize if I come across as snarky, it is not my intent, but I don't like being told what I should do. There's no 'right' way to go about using your time, and wasting it is completely subjective. If I'm about to die and all I want to do is watch TV, there's nothing wrong with that. I don't have to provide value, I don't have to travel, I don't have to take risks, I don't have to watch sunsets, I don't have to do anything, if I don't want to.

Her message is good, and I found it very moving like many of you, but I can't agree that 'doing' something is always the best thing for everyone. Do what you want, as long as you aren't hurting anyone else's ability to do what they want.

Re: "Don't you dare waste your fucking time"

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Post by wallflower »

scotth wrote: post #14
wallflower wrote: post #3

A darker story: I was out of state, at a friend's house party, a few years ago and the discussion got non-superficial late in the night, as it sometimes does. His friends were talking about a friend who was not there. Some time prior, this woman had an argument with her mother that escalated into all-out shouting, petty criticisms, damning accusations, anger. The last thing she yelled to her mother was "F * y !!" The…

Or realize that these moments are just part of a relationship's ebb and flow. To have someone die during the low point doesn't erase all the previous positive experiences.

I understand where you are coming from. But I think it is quite another thing to actually experience.
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