Exercise, even simple stuff that doesn't require going to a gym or expensive equipment like pushups and squats. I started doing those every day since the start of this year and I can't believe how much it has improved my fitness and health. Squats in particular gave me a lot more stamina with running, climbing stairs, etc. It takes less than 10 minutes a day to do a few of each (I worked up to doing 50 of each) too.
Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
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Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#342ADHD medication, 1000%!!
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#343Focusing on stretching and mobility instead of strength when working out. My #1 priority right now is becoming a breakdancer. Flexibility is such a huge component—you end up feeling lighter on your feet and incredibly alive. Changing my workouts to flexibity first almost make them philosophical. The easiest way to do it is with Yoga—but it might get old quickly because there are many poor teachers. Want to start doin…
I've been a bboy off and on for almost a decade, good to see more people getting into it lately, dancing is the healthiest thing I do by far. Some unsolicited advice, there is more to it than just the moves, you'll enjoy it more/longer if you develop a deep appreciation of the music and culture as well.
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#3443 things for me: 1) Meditation, I used to think it was something hippies did. I now think its worth 10 IQ points. I honestly can't recommend it enough. 2) Sleep, I'm getting close to 40 and the last 2 times I pulled all nighters I ended up deleting pretty much all the code I wrote from 11pm onward. 3) Occasional Fasts. I normally fast from 6pm until noon the next day but I now do one 3 day fast each month. I think th…
How does one fast for three days?
It's easier than most are conditioned to believe..
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#345Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not a dishonest person in general, but I have zero problem with lying about my previous salary in order to gain a negotiating advantage. I feel that it's simply none of their business how much I used to make, and that if they're presumptuous enough to ask then a made-up number is what they deserve.
Except the company that hired you can then request a w2 and see your previous salary
They cant demand that. If anybody tried to pull that I would be outta there.
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#3461. Good diet, exercise, and generally taking care of my health. Seriously, this should be the top priority, if you know that you're being stupid about how you treat your body - fix it as soon as possible. 2. Writing regularly(fiction or nonfiction). I think it's one of the most awesome skills you can develop, and the younger you are when you start practicing - the easier it will be. Just create a blog, and try to reg…
I wrote a little piece ( http://www.nikitavoloboev.xyz/post/news/ ) on my approach to reading and information diet. The way I do it is just by blocking all the websites that I tend to lose my focus on and have only two times in the day when I can visit these sites to get all the information I need. p.s. it's really strange that hacker news doesn't support sharing of markdown links :(
This is really great. I use the Pomodoro Method and only check distracting sites in between, but maybe I need to be even stricter and limit it to 2x/day (considering I'm wasting time right now).
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#347How about stopped doing? There was a weekend where I had spent close to 20 hours playing World of Warcraft to farm materials and reagents for the epic engineering mount. After I had finished it, and spent the requisite time showing it off in-game, I looked around and realized that all of thrill of lifelong learning and making things in the "real" world has been subsumed when all my spare time was consumed in a virtua…
I had a similar moment a few years back when I saw a video of a WoW player quitting [1] that brought me to tears. I felt really bad for a while and slowly stopped playing.
After I learned to program a few years later, I couldn't enjoy gaming any more. I'd try to play an hour or two here and there, and would get bored pretty quickly. But I eventually got nostalgic of those 20 hours nights. I sometimes miss the focus and dedication I had, even if it was just for a game that didn't bring me anything real, the way I felt while being so focused was enjoyable, not the game itself.
I tried to get back into it now that my life is in a much better position. I know the time I would spend on that wouldn't be spent on anything more relevant as it's time to off my brain. One thing I decided though is that I would only play with my wife; if she'd stop playing, I would too. So far, it has worked great, we've been spending more time together with that and usually help each other stop when we've been playing enough.
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#348Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm trying to fix this part of my workflow myself. I'm a hardcore vimmer, trying to branch out into Java with IDEs. Every time I do it, the IDE brings in more headaches than it saves, by far. Plus, they almost seem to "break the abstraction" and make it less clear what's going on. I'm sure if I made a dedicated effort (ideally with a human present to answer the hard-to-phrase questions) I could work out all the kinks…
> For example, Eclipse requires you to re-setup your workspace every time you start a new one I have "misc" workspace, where I keep all my small projects. > and doesn't even have defaults for switching code tabs from the keyboard. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2332330/eclipse-hotkey-ho... ?
Maybe I should be opening all projects in the same workspace.
In any case, you have to add the keyboard shortcut:
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#349Here's my list: - Using Vim. Just do it. You'll be more productive than in most other editors, and you can use it over ssh on pretty much any machine. - Using Python. Batteries included means less work for you to do. - Using Django. Ditto - Stopped chasing the latest and greatest JS framework and just use what I know (jQuery and Angular lately). Not worth my time when I already feel very productive. - Use puppet for…
All interesting, but don't really seem to be "the moment".
Where's your moment? Who appointed you guardian of the topic?
Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
#350Earlier quoted context omitted.
>1) Meditation, I used to think it was something hippies did. I now think its worth 10 IQ points. I honestly can't recommend it enough. I wish this was true && that there was well compiled evidence that could convince me that this is the case.
Let's guess how much money has been spent investigating the possible benefits of meditation, compared to the research funds available for commercially exploitable therapies, I'm guessing it's probably similar to that spent on sleep, in relative terms, zero, what's the point of a commercial organisation showing something free has health benefits?
Who said it must be a commercial organization? Public universities and non-profit institutes do plenty of research.