Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by ianbutler » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 3:49 PM UTC

I spent the last few years exclusively grinding work to the detriment of everything else (which worked out financially kind of) so this year I'm going to do what I need to keep food on the table but besides that I'm going to work on bringing back all the other things I used to do.

- All my friends moved and drifted over the last two years so time to find some new ones

- Try to revive my friendships with my oldest and previously closest friends

- Leave NYC and head West

- Start playing piano

- Read at a minimum 1 book per month

- Lose my pandemic weight

- Pick up some fun non tech hobbies like hiking again

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

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Post by aserdf » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

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 want to reduce/eliminate my alcohol consumption...

same here. each year it just takes more and more out of me physically/mentally, this year really seemed to emphasize that. looking for 6 months here and then will re-evaluate. in the past breaking a sweat when the urge/opportunity arises has been pretty effective.

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

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Post by rodolphoarruda » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

I want to spend less time on social networks, especially Twitter.

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

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Post by saint_angels » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 3:58 PM UTC

- wake up early and work on important goals first, before diving into day job and getting too tired to do anything - write an essay a month, however short - live and work remotely outside of home country, for 6+ months total - get a tattoo that would remind me that I'm still alive and how precious that is

happy new year hn!

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

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Post by phtrivier » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:01 PM UTC

lvl100 wrote: post #69

Help save the world from total destruction.

Any specific first step in mind ?

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

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Post by ChrisGammell » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:02 PM UTC

bjacobt wrote: post #117

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 s…

Looks cool! What hardware platform are you targeting?

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

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Post by tdsamardzhiev » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:11 PM UTC

I will move to a part-time job and start a physics degree. There are many crazy things coming up in science, and I want to be a part of it.

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

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Post by zh3 » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:13 PM UTC

reactspa wrote: post #91

wvlia5 wrote: post #72

* move to NYC * buy EUC * fix hair * fix teeth * earn 200k * invest with stable returns >10% * socialize

What's EUC please? Thanks.

I'm guessing Eurocoin [0]

[0] https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/eurocoin/

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

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Post by revorad » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

tdsamardzhiev wrote: post #127

I will move to a part-time job and start a physics degree. There are many crazy things coming up in science, and I want to be a part of it.

That's so cool! What crazy things are you excited about? I majored in Physics but have moved so far away from it, I don't know anything about what's happening in the field now.

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

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Post by debaserab2 » Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

germinalphrase wrote: post #80

I currently teach high school English. There is a great deal about the job that feeds my soul, but my engagement with the work has shifted markedly over the last few years and is starting to impact my happiness, my optimism for life, and my ability to be the husband and father I know I am. I believe it’s time to do something else. Several conversations with tech folks lead me to believe that I would do very well in U…

I don't know that there is anything special about Prime over other reputable bootcamps. It might be easier to get a job in the agency world (since I know Prime has a lot of tie-ins to the industry) - which is fairly infamous for paying below market wages for entry level positions. I've personally never noticed a difference in candidate quality based on whether they did Prime or any other bootcamp.