Ask HN: 2018 resolutions? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by olingern » Fri, Jan 05, 2018, 11:34 AM UTC

sirtel wrote: post #241

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.

It's still in development. I didn't think anyone would be interested, since I see one pop up on /r/learnjapanese each month.

Perhaps, I'll clean it up and submit my first ShowHN

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by pranitbauva1997 » Fri, Jan 05, 2018, 3:18 PM UTC

Smoke weed and find recursive patters in music and nature! ;)

Also finish Godel, Escher and Bach

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by kaskavalci » Fri, Jan 05, 2018, 5:30 PM UTC

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.

One should draw a line in sand. Of course any millisecond might be your resolution. But we are humans, not machines. Motivation derives from importance. Anything you value is good enough.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Post by perkee » Mon, Jan 08, 2018, 9:30 PM UTC

keithwhor wrote: post #37

- Introduce at least another 30,000 developers to StdLib [1] - 1,000lbs combined 1RM on Squat, Bench, Deadlift - Run two half-marathons - Spend more time with my girlfriend and my dog Hold me to it, HackerNews. [1] https://stdlib.com/

Good way to hold yourself to that total: sign up for a meet as far out as you can. Or if you're competing in a fed that has an annual membership (USAPL or USPA, for instance) buy your membership now. Putting some money on the line makes me feel that yes, I am going to put my best effort in this one beautiful day in the future, and helps guide my training leading up to there.

Best of luck big homie!