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Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by hughrr »

aserdf wrote: post #107
hughrr wrote: post #104

It tend not to set too many aspirational objectives as circumstances outside your control (think 2020, 2021) can end up in failure which is demotivating so I throw myself a new 4 week target every 4 weeks and work towards that. The first one is clear out all the remaining junk in my house that I don't use. Most of this is already stacked up ready for sale or disposal and it's not even the 1st of Jan :) The one queued…

> ...as circumstances outside your control (think 2020, 2021) can end up in failure which is demotivating... having been bitten by this in the past, im curious how you manage your ongoing targets. backlog style? i usually have a few different target areas (health, work, learning, etc) that are all on different timelines so unless i am constantly monitoring cumulative progress one ends up falling off and things cascad…

Yeah I just write a list down and pick one that's achievable based on current finances, situation, motivation and desires. I add them to the list as I think about them.

To note I never mix my work objectives with personal ones. That can lead to all sorts of problems as I learned over the last 20 years or so.

Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by literallyaduck »

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

1. Stick to a strict budget

2. Stick to a strict diet

3. Liberal consumption of book media

4. Liberal production of content

5. See fewer humans

Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by youknowhoe »

oars wrote: post #56
youknowhoe wrote: post #50

I have two * Build muscle * Kickstart my love life I had success with the former in 2021 but the latter was a bust. I intend to keep trying. If a late bloomer has something to share, I'd love to hear that.

Nothing to share directly, but I just want to point out 2021 was not a great year for finding love. Don't be so hard on yourself. Keep trying in 2022, it will be much better. And you're already making it easier for your future yourself by building muscle. Keep training hard. I wish you all the best.

Thanks for the wishes! I'll persist on.

Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by youknowhoe »

Winterflow3r wrote: post #58
youknowhoe wrote: post #50

I have two * Build muscle * Kickstart my love life I had success with the former in 2021 but the latter was a bust. I intend to keep trying. If a late bloomer has something to share, I'd love to hear that.

I was a late bloomer in the latter (like very late due to being overweight for most of my teens and early 20s) and I don't have any big wisdom to share except don't lowet your standards and let people treat you like crap just because you think you're getting on the train very late in the game.

Thanks for sharing!

Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by ChildOfChaos »

scrollaway wrote: post #15

Happy new year, HN. I'm a huge believer in CGP Grey's thematic year system ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE ) in place of resolutions. After outstanding successes two years in a row with the system (first year with my physical health, second year with my work and finances), I'm doing a "year of relationships" where my focus will be general social and romantic recoveries. Especially since, in the last two…

I love the idea of year themes but I tend to just end up picking the same words and find it hard to settle on just area so end up with something like 'Progress' because we all want progress right? but then what does that even mean.

Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by bjacobt »

1. Get customers for my SaaS -https://www.tollspot.com

2. Make ship able customer test units for my hardware project related to #1 - custom PCB, presentable enclosure, remote management, etc.

3. Get comfortable going to trade shows to market 1 & 2 and present to group of people (this is going to be difficult due to my personality and I’ve been a developer all my life, so I’m terrified of the transition to business side)

Happy New Year!!

Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by ChildOfChaos »

nvahalik wrote: post #90
Gigachad wrote: post #39

Tbh I feel like I have done everything I want to do at 23. Now the only real aim left is to make as much money as possible just for the challenge of it.

When you are 50, what do you think will be your legacy?

I also think this is a very silly and egotistical question. Why do you want a legacy? I feel in some ways this is because people just want to deny there own death and insignificance so want to extend there life somehow beyond them, but they can't.

Aiming for legacy is a losing game, it's meaningless, just enjoy your life and help others do the same.

Re: Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?

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Post by qorrect »

nomadiccoder wrote: post #108

I recently read Atomic Habits by James Clear, and also listened to some process philosophy from Steven West's Philosophize This. One takeaway that I had was on the danger of setting goals. I am trying to build a mindset of 'becoming' or to embrace the journey of the goal rather than really trying to achieve a specific milestone. - I want to reduce/eliminate my alcohol consumption to become a person that doesn't rely…

I like the idea of pushing the journey to the forefront. My new year is trying to be more in the present and not take for granted the blessings I have.

* Congrats on removing alcohol from the home thats a big first step, keep that one aspiration and I think it'll have a profound impact. Not trying to push this at all , but CBD ( delta8 ) helped me with the cravings ( its kind of like the side effect of smoking weed, you're relaxed and somewhat sleepy but not 'stoned' ).

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