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Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by krmmalik »

Mz wrote: post #47
ez77 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chronically Ill => Not Chronically Ill How did you achieve that?

Got rid of the husband, everything I ever owned, and my car. And also took a boatload of supplements, did a lot of reading about my medical condition, changed my diet, and a whole lot of other stuff. Some info on what I did is here: http://healthgazelle.com/ Not much info, mind you. I'm too busy getting my life back to spend much time on the site. Peace.

Amazing website. I'm at the "plateau" bit that you mention, and i'd love to learn more.

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by TamDenholm »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #63
TamDenholm wrote: post #19

Windows > Linux CD-R backups > Dropbox Two monitors > One 30" Dell Monitor (Best purchase ever btw) Pirating Music > Spotify (I even pay a subscription) TV > Youtube, BBC iPlayer, other steaming services (and now no TV licence fee) Crap diet > Learning to cook Paperwork > iPad IDE > gEdit Landline > Mobile I'm sure there are others. One thing i'd love to do is live totally off the grid, reuse water, generate own elec…

It looks like you're saying "Windows is greater [for me] than Linux" but I suspect you were miscopying the OP's use of "=>"? > => =>

While i believe the former statement to be true :P, my intention was the same as the OP's. I'd edit the > to be => but the edit link has expired. :(

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by liuhenry »

sharadgopal wrote: post #45
petewailes wrote: post #30

CDs/DVDs/BluRay/Consoles etc... => Spotify/HTPC + serious GFX Parkour => taekwondo Monitor(s) => Very large Samsung TV Notepad++ => Sublime Text Walking => running TV => competitive gaming No 3 item todo list => 3 item todo list Single project focus => multiple open-ended projects Books => Kindle

What is the best way for someone to get into parkour ?

If you can find a parkour gym like Primal Fitness [1] or Tempest Freerunning [2], that's the best option. They're not in a ton of areas, but if you can find a gymnastics gym to take a class, many moves and techniques will overlap. Otherwise, most of the moves aren't incredibly technical; they just need strength, balance, and coordination. You can find a lot of tutorials on Youtube, and just get out there and practice, but a gym will make it easier to build up the physical skills and also get over the mental fear.

1: http://www.primal-fitness.com

2: http://www.tempestfreerunning.com/the-academy

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by jasonkester »

I hit my singularity when I realized that you can take as much time off as you want if you are prepared to take it unpaid.

  1996: 3 weeks
  1998: 10 weeks
  1999: 4 weeks
  2000/1: 20 weeks
  2002: 6 weeks
  2003: 36 weeks
  2004: 32 weeks 
  2005-2010: ~36 weeks (9 months)/year
The work equation changed to: (how much do I need to travel for another 9 months) / (hourly rate) = (hours I need to work on this next contract)

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by slindstr »

krmmalik wrote: post #74

* Gym in the evening => Gym during the day (extended lunch break) * One monitor => Two monitors as an extended desktop * Never checking my finances => Using Zetabee cashflow to manage my finances * Reading blogs only => Reading books (on anything) and audiobooks (in the car) * Hot showers => Occasional Cold Water dips * Cow's Milk => Goat's Milk * Microsoft Outlook => Gmail * Wasting time on the internet => Writing a…

Out of curiosity, why'd you change from Cow's Milk to Goat's Milk?

I temporarily switched to Almond Milk because it doesn't have lactose (which doesn't promote estrogen production), has the same amount of protein, more vitamins, and at the time it was way cheaper than organic whole cow's milk. The biggest drawback was that it tasted kinda gross, which I remedied with a bit of cinnamon, but now that it's fairly expensive I switched back to cow milk.

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by latortuga »

Interesting. I saw the title and my first thought was my experience of discarding religion from my life. Rejecting the backwards, totalitarian dogma of christianity was the most liberating experience of my life and I have never once looked back with anything other than joy at leaving it behind.

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by artmageddon »

krmmalik wrote: post #74

* Gym in the evening => Gym during the day (extended lunch break) * One monitor => Two monitors as an extended desktop * Never checking my finances => Using Zetabee cashflow to manage my finances * Reading blogs only => Reading books (on anything) and audiobooks (in the car) * Hot showers => Occasional Cold Water dips * Cow's Milk => Goat's Milk * Microsoft Outlook => Gmail * Wasting time on the internet => Writing a…

Not boring in my book. The more the better - I use Zetabee cash flow for money management, too!

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by bearwithclaws »

edanm wrote: post #15

Could you talk about your conversion to a Home Gym? I'm perhaps interested in following your path, but I'm not sure where to start.

Inspiration: http://www.crossfit.com/journal/library/cfjissue1_Sep02.pdf (PDF)

I've got myself (one at a time): a few dumb bells, a long bar, yoga mat, kettle bell, gym mat, fit ball. Plenty enough to do a lot of exercise right at my home (I'm working from home) -- instead of commuting to nearby gym. I could workout multiple times a day whenever I wanted.

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by dualogy »

bearwithclaws wrote: post #6
kolinko wrote: post #5

When did you change to the standing desk? I heard people grow tired of it after a couple of months. 3G internet connection => Hardline Living in suburbs => Living in the city center

I've changed to standing desk for more than 9 months. Couldn't live without it now.

You should bring it to Starbucks for the next co-hacking session... ;)

Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Post by bearwithclaws »

missn wrote: post #10
bearwithclaws wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've changed to standing desk for more than 9 months. Couldn't live without it now.

I'm curious, how do you handle long periods of standing? Just resting? I can't imagine standing for hours doing computer work.

I work in short burst -- maximum 2 hours at a time. After 2 hours, even if my legs weren't tired, I would starting to lose focus. I would then take 15 - 30 mins break to have a tea/walk my dog/yoga/weight lift/talk to spouse/jump rope/shoot hoops, and then continue back again.
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