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A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by manish_gill »

white-flame wrote: post #21

That sounds pretty terrible, and kind of pretentious & high maintenance. Howabout this, for the hackers among us: - Roll out of bed - Crawl to your computer station - Work on hobby projects in your underwear - Notice the sun rise again, and that you've been on Wikipedia since yesterday - Grab leftovers from the fridge and eat while watching YouTube - Crawl back to bed after waking up in your chair :-)

Your approach is what I do. The OP is what I would like to do.

There's nothing pretentious or high maintenance about either! :p

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by bootload »

bitwize wrote: post #25
Waterluvian wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Knock over half empty soda can, partially clean up the spill with some pizza greased napkins.

Preferably Jolt Cola, the official beverage of the elite hacker.

"Jolt Cola"

I spent half the 90's drinking Jolt from the local Quiky-mart.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by DyslexicAtheist »

gaius wrote: post #35

Why is this flagged? It is not controversial and has 158 upvotes!

seeing it flagged was the reason I clicked it then noticed what an awesome article that was. Not sure what's the issue with this kind of post as long as this content doesn't overtake other more on-point posts. Which would be unlikely anyway considering the audience here.

Whoever flagged this, is probably very stressed. Should take the day off and treat themselves for a good time at home.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by madaxe_again »

white-flame wrote: post #21

That sounds pretty terrible, and kind of pretentious & high maintenance. Howabout this, for the hackers among us: - Roll out of bed - Crawl to your computer station - Work on hobby projects in your underwear - Notice the sun rise again, and that you've been on Wikipedia since yesterday - Grab leftovers from the fridge and eat while watching YouTube - Crawl back to bed after waking up in your chair :-)

1) jump out of bed at 6am, revelling in another fresh day with limitless possibilities!

2) stuff 'n shit

3) wake with a start at 4am in an armchair, with huple's cat on your face. Stagger to bed.

4) goto 1.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by sundvor »

CarpetBench wrote: post #6
wyager wrote: post #2

What is this? Some sort of art? Not saying it shouldn't be here, but I'm not really sure how it's relevant to HN.

I dunno, I think it's a refreshing reminder to take a step back from the "be hyper-productive, always learning, don't waste a second" mindset that pervades HN pretty heavily sometime. I honestly stepped into the article expecting to read something like "Wake up early. Work on your side project. Go the gym." I think it's perfect for HN.

Yeah. I'm between jobs here in Australia at the moment, redundancy payout after dev roles moved to India..

I guess I ought to be freaked out and rushing to find a new job, but to be honest having worked my butt off for years / decades, it sure is nice to slow down dramatically and take it easy - if only for a few weeks. Not even actively looking for the first half of the payout, just enjoying a mix of Pluralsight, meditation and whatever, slacking off, plus doing most of the school drop off and pick ups.

I feel like my brain is in a way recovering from years of abuse (the constant stresses). I'm processing the new learning much better; kicking down a number of gears is most definitely making me a better person, and hopefully a better dev too for my next role.

But yeah, slowing down and especially being able to enjoy family time more without being elsewhere (at work) in my mind is almost priceless.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by detaro »

white-flame wrote: post #21

That sounds pretty terrible, and kind of pretentious & high maintenance. Howabout this, for the hackers among us: - Roll out of bed - Crawl to your computer station - Work on hobby projects in your underwear - Notice the sun rise again, and that you've been on Wikipedia since yesterday - Grab leftovers from the fridge and eat while watching YouTube - Crawl back to bed after waking up in your chair :-)

I think especially for those of us that do your plan too often it might be worthwhile to consider this "pretentious" version every now and then ;)
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