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Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by sirtel »

olingern wrote: post #77

Health - 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…

Is the Japanese learning tool online? Are you going to share it with others? I'm just curious.

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Post by jrowley »

zapperdapper wrote: post #168
jl6 wrote: post #114

I’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...

Heheh good one. I thought my plan to walk at least 10,000 steps a day for 365 days was quite a challenge. I can't help thinking that eating 777 types of fruit might be the biggest challenge there though! I've travelled pretty widely and am a great fruit lover, but would be surprised if I've eaten more than 100 types of fruit!

Yeah, thats a lot of steps. Assuming 1,000 steps = 1/2 mile, thats 3,888 miles for the year, which is totally doable, but a lot easier if you're into distance running.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by whatyoucantsay »

whamlastxmas wrote: post #218
whatyoucantsay wrote: post #98

Remain committed to reason, especially when emotions run high. Grow more willing to stand up to bullies, including on HN. Be kind to people, including myself. Cause 10% less animal suffering through my eating habits. Spend at least one week in a country and culture I don't understand.

By standing up to bullies you're likely to become one yourself. Maybe consider trying to have more empathy towards others and realize their opinions and behavior are formed largely by their own life experiences. Learn to accept people will be wrong often and you'll be happier.

> "By standing up to bullies you're likely to become one yourself."

I don't subscribe to that point of view. I believe it is those who submit to being victimized by bullies who are most likely to become bullies themselves.

> "Maybe consider trying to have more empathy towards others and realize their opinions and behavior are formed largely by their own life experiences."

Please don't be condescending. My biggest pursuit in life has been learning, understanding and empathizing with others.

What past experience has lead you to believe submitting to bullies makes the world a better place? Do you find yourself bullying others after resisting bullies?

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Post by xellisx »

wallflower wrote: post #205
mlmartin wrote: post #16

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

Good luck! We can all do this. Create and create and you will eventually catch up with your taste. I have a personal theory that unhappiness is due to too much consumption, not enough personal creation. Even if it just a sketchnote or a doodle... that is enough. > Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there…

Usually, I don't find "Inspirational Talks", all that inspiring, but Ira Glass has his way.
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