Climb a V10 boulder outdoors!
Good luck! I would love to hear more about your training plans if you have set up any.
Mine are modest, send 3 v5~v6 benchmarks in my area, red point a 5.11a and solo a multi pitch.
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#12Rely entirely on SaaS income by the end of 2023. 100% bootstrapped!
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#13Here is my personal way and not necessarily a New Year's resolution/Plan.
- A very fuzzy 10-year horizon plan-ish thought play. It has a few multiple scenarios and I let loose with no constraints. I gleefully calls this the "Big Picture" and I even have a folder with that name, complete with text, diagrams, inspirational pictures, etc. Some of the key timelines pivots around my kids -- 10th grade, 12, college, etc.
- Then a yearly plan that kinda/sorta/hopefully align with that 10-year thing.
- A more concrete quarterly actionable items that are an entanglements of work and family.
- Of course, then the monthly, weekly plan follows.
A lot of these plans moves around a lot and I'm fine with it. Recently, I have added a fork -- what are my Minimum Viable Failures as I age -- say, if I don't retire from active earning by 50-years, what should I change, focus, et al.
It is a fun exercise that I did. I'm also thinking of, one day, cleaning it up and write it out and hopefully help budding founders/entrepreneurs/doers/adventurer learn and adapt their own.
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#14Excited about my goals this year - thanks for asking this...
(1) I am building a community Makerspace / entrepreneur incubator lab in Latin America (related goal: Learn Spanish!). Agile product development methodologies, pairing, open-source product designs - High quality people, practices, tools, products and clients (and snacks). - If this is your jam, hit me up. I could use the help!
(2) I'm learning Ruby & Rails (For fun: Using ChatGPT to propose a learning path & resources, and planning to use Obsidian + MkDocs to document what I learn). I'd like to feel comfortable hacking together interesting SaaS tools for friends & interesting business ideas. I'm familiar with Python/Django, so please feel free to suggest your best Rails advice!
(3) Writing & Sales are the two most important skills for Entrepreneur mode, so I'm studying books in those areas and practicing. I've done roles as developer, consultant, product management, and solution/sales engineering, but I'm holding myself accountable to actually develop excellent Sales Skillz (after all - we all "sell" our ideas, suggestions). Wish me luck on that one!
(4) Fitness / sports - Getting back into Squash (the best game there is). My dream would be to play at a 4.0 level (currently 3.0'ish)
Wishing you all an excellent 2023 - full of happiness, health, good family vibes, creativity, and prosperity.
PS: Check out this video on focusing on New Years "themes" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE
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#15I want to learn how to speak conversational Spanish!
Same here - how are you planning to learn that?
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#16Climb a V10 boulder outdoors!
Good luck! I would love to hear more about your training plans if you have set up any. Mine are modest, send 3 v5~v6 benchmarks in my area, red point a 5.11a and solo a multi pitch.
It sounds like if your goal is V5-6, you better be bumping up that 5.11 sport climb goal! Certainly at that bouldering level 5.12 is in your future in no time.
In terms of training plan, I’m generally very loose. I’m definitely blessed to be very lightweight naturally, and I think I’ve developed some pretty strong fingers over time. That combination lends itself to crimps which is definitely my preferred style.
Board climbing like on a moonboard or kilter board are fantastic to build power, but be careful how frequently and how intensely you climb on those. My fingers tend to feel quite tweaky after a lot of board sessions.
Ultimately climbing is a game of time and consistency. Listen to your body and keep grinding at it, and you’ll definitely see progress!
Good luck to you as well!
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#17Climb a V10 boulder outdoors!
What is a V10?
Outdoors in Aus. on the Ewbank freeclimbing scale, the blade line to Federation Peak is an easy (albeit highly exposed) 17 [1], whereas Cape Raoul poles [2] rate about a 22.
[1] https://zenandtheartofclimbing.com/50-classic-climbs-austral...
[2] https://zenandtheartofclimbing.com/50-classic-climbs-austral...
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#18I’m going to graduate! Just one semester left and my undergrad thesis.
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#19To gain 400 pounds of muscle mass.
lol gl.
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#20I want to learn how to speak conversational Spanish!
Same. I'm hanging out in Mexico taking lessons every day.