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

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Post by felideon »

davidw wrote: post #70
felideon wrote: post #47

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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.

Yes, definitely don't rush it and always be patient. But you may be surprised to find that she actually does make the connection and still refuses to use the potty.

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Post by dhyasama »

davidw wrote: post #16

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

My daughter is almost two and has been using the potty in certain circumstances for 4-5 months. Someone bought her a potty for Christmas and we just left it out until she discovered it, showed her how to use it, and praised the hell out of her when she did. Pretty soon she was asking for it. Now she doesn't wear a diaper around the house and 99% of the time asks to go potty when she needs to. We haven't made the leap to diaperless nights or diaperless trips away from home. Those are major transitions and we don't want to push it since she is young and doing so well.

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Post by metastew »

petervandijck wrote: post #69
metastew wrote: post #29

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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?

In my case, it's about $20,000. $30,000 would enable you to live very comfortably while abroad, I would think. I work at a lowly data-entry night shift job which explains why I make abysmal wages, and also I'm paying for college for the next 2 years. At graduation, I'm aiming for $15,000-20,000 saved up by then.

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

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Post by abstractbill »

WesleyJohnson wrote: post #65

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 i…

I had awful dental hygiene up until my mid-20s.

A big step for me was finding a dentist I trusted, and just doing what he told me - letting go of the fear that he was going to completely drain me financially.

It wasn't cheap, but eventually all the required work was done, and I formed new habits that have meant no no work has been needed for several years now.

One of the most important things I did was get invisalign (braces). My teeth were really hard to keep clean before - flossing was almost impossible in some places due to the way my teeth were overlapping. Now they're straight it's really quite easy.

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Post by dhyasama »

Moving to New York with my wife and two-year old. We've always wanted to experience the city and it's a major change from where we are now (Maine, 15 minute bike to work along the ocean). It scares the crap out of me but it's important to show my daughter how to have adventures.

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Post by quan »

lionhearted wrote: post #2

I'm going to design my first article of clothing for myself next month. I'm going to Vietnam, and I'll do it in either Saigon, Hanoi, or Ho An. I'll be in the first two cities anyways, I might go to third just for its reputation as a tailor and fashion city. I've got a shirt I used to like a lot that's worn out, going to have a tailor use it as a model to make another. Going to get two shirts made. Depending on how t…

Hey, I just quit my job recently and my goal is to travel to as many places as possible for a year. My flight to Saigon is this Sunday, and I'm planning to do the whole country tour from Hanoi to the South for about 2 weeks. Let me know if you're interested in meeting up, just dropped you an email.

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

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Post by noelsequeira »

kznewman wrote: post #86
noelsequeira wrote: post #45

My goal is an online social initiative that changes how people seek and receive real-time help. A lot of deserving folks without an online voice struggle to put the word out when in need (An urgent need for blood, a sudden need for funds for a critical operation). I'm thinking we can tap into influentials to help spread the word (who can earn karma in return). Bottleneck: As step 1 in this project, I've launched http…

I am coming from a similar place but not yet launched my site. I have thought about the challenge you describe, and there are many on this site with advice that can help. Whatever size voice you might have, it is louder when you use it locally. Are you and your friends using it to help people? Are the people then helped not willing to try it? I can’t see your site from my current location but with local and modest go…

Thanks for your inputs, they're insightful. Tapping into my local network might work only so much in my case - most folks aren't too active on Twitter.

But I'm not going to give this up so easily - i will give it my sincerest shot. I guess the hard part's figuring out what works and what doesn't.

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