Less consuming, more creating. Doesn't matter what it is, doesn't matter if it's bad.
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Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?
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#172I’ll be doing a slightly-silly personal challenge that I made up: walk 7,777,777 steps, write 777,777 words, do 77,777 jumping jacks, 7,777 press-ups, eat 777 different types of fruit, achieve target weight of 77kg, and run 7 10K races. https://medium.com/@7sevens/the-seven-sevens-challenge-c7b7d...
Do subvarieties of apples count?
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#173no alcohol before breakfast and try to remember to change my underpants at least once a week.
no seriously, I like kramer1416 idea of figuring out how to get into flow state on a regular basis. I reckon that would be an overall win for personal productivity.
Also, lose weight through exercise and learn how to brew cider.
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#174no alcohol before breakfast and try to remember to change my underpants at least once a week. no seriously, I like kramer1416 idea of figuring out how to get into flow state on a regular basis. I reckon that would be an overall win for personal productivity. Also, lose weight through exercise and learn how to brew cider.
Ritual. Some of this helps with sleep, too, if you do it before bed.
Choose a smell, music, a special way of sitting. A cup of coffee, a snack. A combination of things. Perhaps use headphones. The more often you do this before time you have flow, the more likely it is that your body and mind will view that ritual as a signal to get into a flow state.
Resource: Occultism. Some mind states used with occultism are likened to the state of flow and folks work some time getting to those states faster.
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#175Health - Undo minor case of hip impingement ( sitting down too much! ) - Connect with more people / foster better relationships. Who knew making friends in a city could be so hard? Programming - Finish SICP. Made it through four chapters with co-workers, and then everyone dropped off. - Continue exploring functional programming - Finish my homegrown Japanese kana / kanji language learning tool Other: - Take some of t…
"Who knew making friends in a city could be so hard?"
I've never found a place where it was easy to make friends, though the easiest has seemed to be language class full of other immigrants. We all had that one thing in common.
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#176* Exercise Everyday (intensity/duration may vary, but never ever miss) * Make healthy diet changes one at a time (Very very hard to do. Try to do multiple stuff and drop them all. ) First change, start with raw veggies in the morning. * Delta-debug how to get into flow state as many time and as fast as possible (Kramer's rule from below, couldn't be better stated). For starters, work on one and only one thing at a ti…
That first one: I suggest working some of the exercise into daily life. Walk where you can, and let that walking be your time for the day, for example.
The second is really difficult. I'd honestly start with broader things, like increasing overall fruit/vegetable intake (no juice or purees) and increasing the variety of vegetables you eat. It affects all meals and eventually leads to eating less junk and allows some variation in your days - obvously void if you are one that doesn't mind eating basically the same thing every day.
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#1772018 will be 1334-by-750-pixels at 326 ppi for me. Same as last year. No real need for upgrade.
Boom boom cha!
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#178Ask the UN security council
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#179Have a better relationship with my dad by being more kind and accepting.
Proper exercise 2-3 times a week.
Less time reading random stuff online and social media, more time writing and learning.
Switch jobs to learn more and progress in my career, don't get comfortable and stuck in one place.
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#180My resolution is to stop worrying about my career and stop doing Python in my spare time and instead focus on GNU Guile code!