Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by kraftman » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 9:32 AM UTC

JSONwebtoken wrote: post #118

Afforess wrote: post #85

I don't like resolutions. They are lies we tell ourselves, false promises from our present self about our future self. If you actually believe you can accomplish your resolutions, you don't need a manufactured holiday, like New Year's, to decide to change your life. Any day of the week should work. Don't wait until 2018 - start today.

If resolutions were so powerful, why not have monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly resolutions? Imagine the things we could accomplish if all it took was to attach a goal to a discrete unit of time. My new day resolution is to get some more sleep.

I set monthly reminders to keep me on track this year and they helped a bit, I might try weekly too this year. Course correcting once a year is definitely not enough.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by roryisok » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 9:37 AM UTC

mlmartin wrote: post #16

Less consuming, more creating. Doesn't matter what it is, doesn't matter if it's bad.

Let's all try this HN!

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by mbrock » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 9:44 AM UTC

faebi wrote: post #93

bash-scripting: 23:20, I was waiting on a public event for new year to happen. There was no big countdown screen visible. I checked my android phone if there is any clock with seconds, nope (iOS has something I think). I usually would download an app but I am on holidays and there was no Wifi. So I thought, 40 minutes to go, lets fire up termux with ruby and make a oneliner. I discovered that I didn't install ruby ye…

Your "watch" command didn't work because the first thing that happens is that your shell expands the $(date) word into the current date, and then it runs "watch -n1 echo 'Mon Jan 1 ...'".

You should have just done "watch -n1 date".

BTW, the manual for bash is really good: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.pdf

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by mbrock » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 9:48 AM UTC

coding123 wrote: post #75

ogdoad wrote: post #2

Less HN!

Seriously, it's so addicting.

Coding as a vocation is somewhat unique because of our access to high quality global discussion forums. It can be a bit too much fun, but it's also a really interesting part of life.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by snarfy » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 9:48 AM UTC

If you forget the grandiose ideas and keep them simple they are more likely to happen.

I'm left handed and my resolution last year was to use my right hand more. I had to make a conscience effort to do so, but that effort has stuck with me. I still think about which hand to use before performing a task, something I didn't do before the resolution.

Keep them simple.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by kampsy » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 9:54 AM UTC

1) Grow my Search startup company cognifly.com 2) Learn Rust and Kotlin. 3) Contribute more to open source projects

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by LifeisFaith » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

Here goes mine-

Focus on health and reduce 5 kg weight.

Do some exercise at least 10 min a day.

Become a morning person.

Invest in good relationships/friendships.

Launch a product on Product Hunt and market it.

Level up my skillsets in Digital Marketing(By Consulting/Internships/PR..).

Start Video Blogging(Vlog) or Master Video Marketing.

Inspire at least 100 people.

Meet and Interact with at least 100 new people.

Read 10 non-fiction books.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by ruxkor » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 10:00 AM UTC

Alex Vermeer's guide "8,760 hours" [1] could be helpful if you didn't already come up with your resolutions: Its method gives you a framework how to analyze and prioritize your long term goals for this or the next year.

[1]: https://alexvermeer.com/8760hours/

HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13249796

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by purplepilot » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 10:03 AM UTC

My new years resolution was not to make a new years resolution. Hmmmmmm maybe i need to think about that a bit more.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by snarfy » Mon, Jan 01, 2018, 10:04 AM UTC

Kluny wrote: 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.

Really good artists hate their work. They are their own worst critic. That's why they always improve. It's the poor artists that think their own work is great, better than everyone else.

The person you want to be should be better than the person you are today, but that also means it's unattainable.