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By 'couldn't sell it' do you mean that your kids were uninterested?
Exactly.
That's a shame.
Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020
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#92Start a journal. Put your thoughts in order on a daily basis, and when you look back at the end of 2020 (or beyond..) you'll have something interesting to read and reflect on.
I think I'm going to try this one out this year. I attempted at doing a weekly log but had only had a ~40% completion rate. Any tips on staying motivated? I mostly would enter it into evernote, and as lazy as it sounds sometimes my biggest barrier of entry would be opening my laptop heh.
I started keeping a journal a few months ago and it helped me to keep it simple, quick and as painless and fun as possible. I've been heavily inspired by technique called minimalist journaling [1] which is something I read about somewhere (maybe even here on HN).
As you're probably a problem solver at heart (since you're on HN during Christmas), it might also help to write a list of things that you want the journaling to do for you (self-reflection? better mental health? loving-kindness? keeping track of memories?) and then try to come up with some system that will optimize for those values and also minimize the stress and time-commitment. Your brain is programmed to stir away from any stressful work, you the last two are mainly to make sure you aren't biologically forced out of your new habit.
[1]: https://medium.com/better-humans/draft-how-to-hack-your-brai...
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#93Grow weed. You can stop smoking it but you will never stop growing it.
How do you go about starting growing though? I feel like I could be interested but it seems like something that's hard to start without the know-how.
>How do you go about starting growing though?
1. seed (online)
2. soil -- small locally owned plant store. ask them lots of questions
3. light -- same plant store, or the sun.
that's basically it to get started. It's a really easy plant to grow and pretty hard to fuck up. Check on them daily, talk to them, make sure the soil is moist but not muddy. You don't really need nutrients your first go, too many variables to fuss with. Just water, light, and time.
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#94>Car restoration Apparently not only do I have free time, but also free money and free garage space.
Note that these are suggestions...
also.. could just restore old tonka toys or matchbox cars
Tonka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWxgkQ_3OM
matchbox: https://www.youtube.com/user/pso316a
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#95I live between 44° and 45° N in New England and I want to design a greenhouse that can keep itself above freezing year round without using electricity from the house.
So if I can do some cool solar pv hydronic heat tank thing, that's ok, or use giant coils of air tubes deep within the earth to steal ambient heat, or whatever tricks look good... I want to give it a shot!
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think I'm going to try this one out this year. I attempted at doing a weekly log but had only had a ~40% completion rate. Any tips on staying motivated? I mostly would enter it into evernote, and as lazy as it sounds sometimes my biggest barrier of entry would be opening my laptop heh.
I started keeping a journal a few months ago and it helped me to keep it simple, quick and as painless and fun as possible. I've been heavily inspired by technique called minimalist journaling [1] which is something I read about somewhere (maybe even here on HN). As you're probably a problem solver at heart (since you're on HN during Christmas), it might also help to write a list of things that you want the journalin…
Thanks for the suggestion! Sounds like a good way to approach things :)
I especially like your suggestion about being more clear with an intention for journaling. Looking back I mostly ramble about what events happened the previous week (memories), but I would also like to include more self reflection and personal thoughts on subjects.
Cheers
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think I'm going to try this one out this year. I attempted at doing a weekly log but had only had a ~40% completion rate. Any tips on staying motivated? I mostly would enter it into evernote, and as lazy as it sounds sometimes my biggest barrier of entry would be opening my laptop heh.
1. Make it part of your routine. For instance, make it a weekly habit to have coffee on Sunday morning and update your journal. If you pair writing with another routine activity, (especially an activity that you enjoy doing) then you'll be more likely to complete it. 2. Hang a wall calendar in a high-visibility location and put a sticker/tally mark for every week that you successfully log. It's an easy visual reminde…
1. Yeah I think I need to shift my time. Originally I aimed for Sunday evening/night since I considered it the end of the week. At that time I found myself to tired or caught up in another activity more often than not. Sunday morning sounds better, especially as a way to get it "out of they way".
2. That sounds like a good motivator!
3. True true
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#98Re: Find Yourself a Hobby for 2020
#99Start a journal. Put your thoughts in order on a daily basis, and when you look back at the end of 2020 (or beyond..) you'll have something interesting to read and reflect on.
I think I'm going to try this one out this year. I attempted at doing a weekly log but had only had a ~40% completion rate. Any tips on staying motivated? I mostly would enter it into evernote, and as lazy as it sounds sometimes my biggest barrier of entry would be opening my laptop heh.
Yeah, it's like a New Year's resolution... hard to keep up beyond the initial push. Personally, my solution to this was starting a collaborative log (via google docs.. which has a mobile app, phew) with my sister (same logic for any close friend or family member). You sacrifice some freedom of expression, but it keeps you both accountable, knowing that someone is expecting to read whatever you've written on a given day. It's also a great way to get feedback on your thoughts. Good luck!