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The big ones: * Moving away at 18 to a new province. Best thing I ever did. * Lost my job at 20, started a company. Never worried about money or looked back. This actually seemed incredibly natural. * Shut down said company after 10 years, just to move on to more interesting things. No regrets. I'm working on way cooler stuff now in a variety of areas and I love all of it. * Changed my eating/lifestyle, lost 35lbs. K…
English literature ----------> mathematics cook ------------------------> programmer newspaper -------------------> internet mall ------------------------> internet land line -------------------> cell phone phone -----------------------> email desktop ---------------------> laptop 14" CRT ---------------------> 19" flat screen CDs -----> thumb drives -----> cloud radio -----> CD player ------> Ipod ie --------> Firef…
weight lifting --------------> bodyweight exercises
Is there a specific reason or is it just tied to your switch to a home gym?
* "Real" job => Starting a company
* 24/7 working life => Switching off and becoming a published fiction writer
* Self-doubt and low self esteem => Finding formal help
* Teflon pans => Cast iron pans (seriously, look up how bad teflon is for you - and cast iron pans are way more fun to cook with)
* Building things => Building companies
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)
Windows -> Linux
blub -> learning Lisp and Haskell
not knowing C -> knowing C
dial-up internet -> broadband
random editors -> emacs
19" and smaller monitors -> 24" monitor
The big ones: * Moving away at 18 to a new province. Best thing I ever did. * Lost my job at 20, started a company. Never worried about money or looked back. This actually seemed incredibly natural. * Shut down said company after 10 years, just to move on to more interesting things. No regrets. I'm working on way cooler stuff now in a variety of areas and I love all of it. * Changed my eating/lifestyle, lost 35lbs. K…
Care to elaborate on the eating/lifestyle issue?
I started doing a variety of martial arts at that point, but didn't change my eating and couldn't lose a thing. After a while, I started looking at different things: buying fresh food as much as possible, portion control, walking, and less alcohol. The combo meant changing a lot of things over time, but if I didn't change a lot then one thing would negate the others.
Now it's been almost 2 years that I've been back to 145. I weigh myself daily to keep track and adjust accordingly. I buy almost entirely fresh food (helps that I love to cook :), use smaller plates to trick myself into recognizing portions more easily, and I generally walk if it takes less than an hour. Gives me some much-needed time to think :) And I still drink... I love dark beers and wine, but I keep the quantity and frequency down now, and probably have even more fun now that I feel good about myself too.
christian ----------------------------> atheist
meat eater ---------------------------> vegetarian
working for someone else -------------> working for me
sitting in the chair -----------------> sitting on the ground
reading eng. books translated --------> reading in english
engaging in Win/Lin/Mac discussions --> I dont care anymore
travelling with stuff ----------------> travelling lightEnglish literature ----------> mathematics cook ------------------------> programmer newspaper -------------------> internet mall ------------------------> internet land line -------------------> cell phone phone -----------------------> email desktop ---------------------> laptop 14" CRT ---------------------> 19" flat screen CDs -----> thumb drives -----> cloud radio -----> CD player ------> Ipod ie --------> Firef…
Curious about weight lifting --------------> bodyweight exercises Is there a specific reason or is it just tied to your switch to a home gym?
I also had plantar faciitis, caused by years of improper running.
In 2005, I was recommended this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Pushing-Yourself-Power-Ultimate-Transf...
which totally changed my thinking and led me to many other resources.
Now my exercises are:
- Hindu squats
- Hindu pushups
- pushups & chinups
- Heavyhands on stairs
- moderate running barefoot or with minimal shoes
- 5 rites
- occasional superslow on machines in the gym
Even though some of my responses were a little tongue in cheek, this one probably best supported OP's theme of "never looking back".
* 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 expens…
I read a book by Larry Cook in which he explained that cow's milk in the way it is distributed and processed now isnt as good for humans as it once used to be, and that goat's milk is more harmonious for the immune system. It doesnt taste as good as cow's milk but its not that bad either. I find cow's milk very watery now.
It only costs a little bit more than cow's milk and since taking it, my immune system has been better.
As for the other alternatives, the only one that i could find was Soy milk, but personally i feel it tastes worse than goat's milk and i dont know whether this is true or not, but someone told me Soy messes with your hormones, and so i've been rather paranoid since then about it.