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Re: Ask HN: 2020 goals and resolutions?

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Post by thiago_fm »

- learn a new technology, can be something random, it doesn't need to be anything professional or usable in the short-term timeframe

- hit the gym 100 times in 2020

- eat healthy, but do not freak out about a pizza or two

- do a regular checkup

- go to the dentist

- travel 2x to a new country

- read at least a book in german of moderate difficulty

- progress in the german language, I can already somewhat speak/read but there is so much vocabulary to learn

- learn how to cook a new dish or bake something new

- play games, do silly stuff and don't be too extreme about my professional life

- give a lot of attention to my SO, doing the things she likes such as going to the movies or just walking around, same for my dog

- try to play a bit of guitar and learn a cool song

- try a new physical activity(or revive an old one, such as swimming)

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Post by Swtrz »

hanniabu wrote: post #102
Swtrz wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On touching your toes > hamstrings, work on them liberally but try not to make them too sore.

What do you mean by work on them?

Any action taken to mobilize or stretch the muscles of the hamstring.

Or were you asking for methods specifically?

Re: Ask HN: 2020 goals and resolutions?

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Post by dvh »

oAlbe wrote: post #18
dvh wrote: post #17

Not to publish another game.

May I ask you to elaborate? I'm curious what's the story here.

The story is always the same. I get an idea for game or app, work on it for month or so full time, plow through hardest last 20%, publish it. Even if it's free it have few installs and that's it, in the worst case scenario I now have to moderate it, do updates. So I said enough!, no more of my own games in 2020. I'm bad game developer, I will never make a hit. I don't want players I want customers. Paying customers. I need $3700 per year and despite 10x increase in income from my games ($180 in 2019 vs $17 in 2018) I'm still in red and people don't want my games. I will do games as a freelancer but not my own games. I may do quick demos for myself but I will not publish them because going from barely working demo to publishable game is the hardest and most time consuming part with no reward for me.

Re: Ask HN: 2020 goals and resolutions?

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Post by 4d66ba06 »

Try getting approval to reduce my weekly hours at work (currently thinking by just 10% so aiming for 36 vs 40) due to working for flexible company and wanting to spend more time on house projects (my wife likes them and we just moved to a house at end of half mile dirt road)

Re: Ask HN: 2020 goals and resolutions?

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Post by throw51319 »

cosmodisk wrote: post #16

Substantially reduce alcohol consumption. Quit Smoking. Bring 20-40% of my income from initiatives not related to my current work. Build profitable side project. Join Toastmasters.

Alcohol is a killer. I'm thinking more and more that without cutting it out after you realize you've "been there done that", a person will never reach their potential.

Re: Ask HN: 2020 goals and resolutions?

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Post by lookingforsome »

scarface74 wrote: post #87

Goals for 2020: Sharpening the Saw: - C# I haven’t kept up with the latest ASP.Net Core/Entity Framework Core over the past two years. - Python: I first learned Python last year, but just enough for simple scripts and AWS lambda. I want to learn “Advanced Python” and at least do a hobby project with Django or Flask. - TypeScript - I’ve worked with Javascript for years, but just started working with Node this year. I…

all excellent goals scarface, may you meet these resolutions this upcoming year!

Re: Ask HN: 2020 goals and resolutions?

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Post by lookingforsome »

markosaric wrote: post #115

My primary goal is to make more environmentally conscious decisions whenever possible. I'm thinking along these lines: - buy minimal necessary amount of stuff in general - choose local, seasonal and less-packaged stuff when buying groceries - choose independent and environmentally conscious producers over large multinationals - drink tap water and loose leaf tea instead of drinks packaged in plastic bottles - consume…

wholesome goals!
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