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Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

#31
- Self study cryptography, algorithms, linear algebra, machine learning

- Work on some side project either being a startup or open source project - this will take priority over self-studying if I can find the right thing to work on

- Get a treadmill so I can run every morning when it's too cold to go outside

- Hit savings goals for retirement and buying a home

- Spend some time abroad

- Do a combination train/biking/camping trip

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

#33
post #17

I found this line in an old blog post from 2013 in my drafts folder. > But honestly, I've been thinking back, trying to remember the last time I felt like I was really in control and being the person I wanted to be. That was 5 years ago and I now realize I've felt like that almost the whole time, with brief breaks. My goal is to treat this as a real problem and solve it.

Let me guess you are employed? I was in a similar situation and quitting my job helped me get out of this. Beginning was bumpy and I regreted it somewhat for some time, but I don’t even think about it anymore. It’s ok if you don’t have a plan or a project, you need some curiosity and general area of what you are interested in (a stack of unread books counts).

You aren’t betting on your project but on your skills. Like if you spend a year doing a thing, you’ll be a beast. And even if your thing doesn’t work out, you’ll be fine.

Email me (@gmail.com) if you need someone to help you plan it. I don’t have all the answers but I have some. This counts for anyone else reading this as well.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

#39
1. Build a 2d side scroller. 2. Build the website currently codename saw. 3. Up my CS game. 4. Build a robot that will at least pickup one object. 5. It is time I buy that school bus to live in for a while.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

#40
#1 Blog more

#2 Work on my book

#3 Grow all my own food

#4 Sell everything (already in motion)

#5 Backpack in Europe for 90 days: Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia

Optional:

#6 Interview at a bunch of places abroad

#7 Work in a language I enjoy (Clojure, Erlang, ect ect)

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