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Ask HN: What are your goals for 2023?

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Re: Ask HN: What are your goals for 2023?

#16
I'll be finishing a very boring, but well paying contract at the end of this year. After that, I'll be taking time off (potentially forever, since I'm already FI) to focus on things I care about:

1. Try out Zig and go back into hobby graphics programming/gamedev.

2. Decrease dopamine chasing, increase focus. I hope to achieve it via treating my work as my fun - i.e. if I'm bored, I should just get back to the IDE or do some research, instead of mindlessly jumping on HN or other news sites. If I'm too tired to focus, I should either go outside or just lay down and rest - instead of my usual routine of using Internet content as a source of pleasure.

3. Lose weight that has crept on me in the past couple years of working full-time.

Re: Ask HN: What are your goals for 2023?

#17

1. Finish my academic duties (masters degree). 2. Get a job, start a small side business, grow my online presence. 3. Get the hell out of Latin America, this continent is far too violent.

Expressing curiosity regarding your third point: the time zones of Latin America are very friendly to USA work. How does the violence fare in more expat (pricier) locations?

I’m sorry for you that you and your friends(/family) have to deal with an unsafe environment. I’m curious what you mean by violence. I got into a database of potential consultants for a Latin American software company, and I’m open to input regarding the viability of this work life balance as a single male.

Re: Ask HN: What are your goals for 2023?

#18
* Improve at digital art, and make more handmade illustrations for my website. Transition from drawing representative objects to drawing people doing things.

* Further move my focus away from income generation, and closer to building a public good.

* Cook more, better Indian food

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