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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?
#122Assign authority to expert opinions --> Suspect expert opinions until demonstrated to my satisfaction. Almost never accept anything as "proven".
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#123Video Games, Junk Reading => After work home development
Video Games, Junk Reading => Selfhero: sailing, diving, etc
Wishing/Wanting => Doing. Immediate scheduling
Unmotivated Friends => Adventurous Friends
That's hard/difficult => That's worthwhile
I'm over thirty, but like many of my friends, I still enjoyed video games way too much. Claiming they were a way to "relax" or "blow off steam" after a hard day at work, I finally admitted to myself that they had lost their original value and were now solely a time sink and addiction.
This nagging thought kept troubling me until I gave it my full attention, and dealt with the reality of the answer: "If I spent this many hours a week practicing instead of playing a character with it, how heroic could I become?"
I suddenly lost all desire to play video games, watch most TV, and read books (entertainment, not literature). Instead I have spent the last couple of years cultivating interesting and useful skills, and participating in my own adventures. I went from playing CoD and TotalWar to scuba diving with sharks, motorcycling, traveling and practicing/training my sailing skills with the goal of circumnavigating.
Never looked back.
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#124 HDD --------> SDD
PHP --------> Ruby
Chair ------> Standing desk
All others -> MacVim
MTB --------> Singlespeed racing bicycle
No hobby ---> Kitesurfing. Nothing beats flying over the waves while the sun goes down.
Car --------> Westfalia James Cook motor home (for kitesurfing)Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#125English 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…
Why "eggs ---------> fruits" Isn't there more benefits of eating a protein rich breakfast ?
Here's mine:
scrambled eggs --> poached eggs --> raw eggs
jogging --> sprinting
sun cream --> no cream
metal pots --> ceramic pots
pasteurized dairy --> raw dairy
Australia --> Israel
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#126default bad mood => default good mood
pessimistic => optimistic
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#127* 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…
Would've thought the green tea is better for you.
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why "eggs ---------> fruits" Isn't there more benefits of eating a protein rich breakfast ?
Here's mine: scrambled eggs --> poached eggs --> raw eggs jogging --> sprinting sun cream --> no cream metal pots --> ceramic pots pasteurized dairy --> raw dairy Australia --> Israel
does the ceramic make a difference in the taste? If so, I'm curious what foods specifically?
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why "eggs ---------> fruits" Isn't there more benefits of eating a protein rich breakfast ?
Here's mine: scrambled eggs --> poached eggs --> raw eggs jogging --> sprinting sun cream --> no cream metal pots --> ceramic pots pasteurized dairy --> raw dairy Australia --> Israel
what differences / or benefits have you seen from sprinting instead of running/jogging ?
Re: Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?
#130normal american diet -> no meat, no dairy, no processed foods. dumb phone -> dumber phone 4 hours TV nightly -> no tv workaholic -> socialholic self doubt -> awesomeness technology lover and collector -> less is more friendster -> nothing Daily motto: "I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and it's a beautiful day"
how does one go from self-doubt to awesomeness or little or no self doubt ? thanks.