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Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by sab007 »

clistctrl wrote: post #55

Contemplating how to ask a girlfriend of 2 years how to take it to the next step when her view has been soured by a late parental divorce.

Take tiny steps. But my guess is that after 2 years she might even wonder why you have not asked her already; I would sure wonder and I am pretty sure her girlfriends wonder.Maybe ask her where she sees the 2 of you 1 year from now? The good news is she might be more ready than you think. The bad news you might find out over the next several months that you desire different things.

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Post by z0r »

wallflower wrote: post #44

Learn OpenGL so I can finally make those mobile games I've always wanted to. Hangups are thinking in matrices, understanding of the math involved

The math involved for basic 3d is overrated. Just sit down and copy code at first, and write reams of stuff that works. It should be no problem to magpie enough code to get a simple engine together.

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Post by petervandijck »

felideon wrote: post #47
davidw wrote: post #16

Raising our daughter. Current bottleneck: not using potty. Think we'll just have to wait until she's ready though!

Do you know all the tips & techniques there are? We've just been going through this with our 2-yr-old for the past 8 months and wouldn't mind sharing what I've learned. But, I think the best thing we did that actually worked---which we always had been reluctant to trying---was to leave him running around the house butt-naked. The whole apartment has carpet. Fun times.

Yea, and take it easy, they'll learn. Definitely no more diaper during daytime (unless, say, when visiting grandparents with expensive carpets or something).

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Post by araneae »

clistctrl wrote: post #55

Contemplating how to ask a girlfriend of 2 years how to take it to the next step when her view has been soured by a late parental divorce.

Asking someone to marry you (I assume that's what the next step is- maybe it's something else) when you don't know what the answer will be pretty much only happens in movies. And it's not a good idea.

I was just at a friend's wedding last weekend, am engaged myself, and four other friend pairs are also engaged. In all of these cases, we discussed marriage extensively with our partners before anyone was officially asked. We all knew what the answer was going to be.

If you want to consider going to the next step, you should bring up marriage casually in conversation. If she sounds like she's just not into it, she's either going to say no, or say yes because of pressure when she doesn't really mean it.

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Post by WesleyJohnson »

I suppose the most interesting goal, to me, is getting my teeth fixed. I didn't take care of them all through my twenties and it's had serious repercussions on my social and professional life as well as taking a drastic toll on my confidence.

Roadblocks and/or bottlenecks are easy: finances. Dental work isn't cheap, especially when you're looking at as much work as I need done. The "fear" of the dentist was also an initial roadblock, but not only is it far less worse than I imagined/remembered, I also happen to have "the hots" for my female dentist so it makes going far easier.

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by elomar »

metastew wrote: post #29
elomar wrote: post #3

I want to leave mommy's house and start living as a "digital nomad", moving from country to country every few months as I want. I want to know the world a little better. The most obvious roadblock is making money along the way. My plan is to do it by launching a small web product, blogging about the travel, working as a local on countries where I'm allowed to, and doing some freelance programming work. I have at leas…

I'm doing the same. Have you read Life Nomadic? The guy who wrote it did exactly what you're aspiring to do and he seemed to do alright for himself. I'm building up my programming skills and saving up 2 year's worth of money (as well as paying off any outstanding debts) before embarking on this grand adventure. by the way of advices, I guess I can only say just keep a tight lid on your wallet; spend it only on necess…

Nice! Yes, I have read it. Life Nomadic is what convinced me to do it for real. [for those who haven't, http://tynan.net/life-nomadic]

Since I could take a very long time to save two years worth of money, I'll just save enough to get started in some low-cost country (something like 3~5 months in South America or Asia) and focus on building something that can generate some passive income.

Thanks for the advices. Stick to it, and maybe we meet on the road :)

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by sab007 »

chunkyslink wrote: post #54

I'm training for the 'Yorkshireman Marathon' in September in the UK. Its 26.6 miles of hilly off road tracks with over 3000ft of ascent. I don't just want to finish it, I want to get in between 3.30 and 4 hours. The biggest problem at the moment is finding the time to train. Ideally I would like to be out everyday but I can only manage 4 days a week. Each training run is lasting upto 2.5 hours and finding that time e…

You might actually be overtraining. In my personal experience it's quality not quantity that matters. See the recent Tabata grace. I would check out and find a great personal trainer to help you along. And good luck!

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by petervandijck »

metastew wrote: post #29
elomar wrote: post #3

I want to leave mommy's house and start living as a "digital nomad", moving from country to country every few months as I want. I want to know the world a little better. The most obvious roadblock is making money along the way. My plan is to do it by launching a small web product, blogging about the travel, working as a local on countries where I'm allowed to, and doing some freelance programming work. I have at leas…

I'm doing the same. Have you read Life Nomadic? The guy who wrote it did exactly what you're aspiring to do and he seemed to do alright for himself. I'm building up my programming skills and saving up 2 year's worth of money (as well as paying off any outstanding debts) before embarking on this grand adventure. by the way of advices, I guess I can only say just keep a tight lid on your wallet; spend it only on necess…

2 years worth of money is how much in this case? 30,000$-ish?

Re: Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

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Post by davidw »

felideon wrote: post #47
davidw wrote: post #16

Raising our daughter. Current bottleneck: not using potty. Think we'll just have to wait until she's ready though!

Do you know all the tips & techniques there are? We've just been going through this with our 2-yr-old for the past 8 months and wouldn't mind sharing what I've learned. But, I think the best thing we did that actually worked---which we always had been reluctant to trying---was to leave him running around the house butt-naked. The whole apartment has carpet. Fun times.

I'm not sure if that's effective - we've tried it some, but there doesn't seem to be a connection, yet, to "I should have done that with the potty". People have told us that it sort of happens when they're ready and not earlier, so perhaps it's best not to rush things.
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