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Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#61
I recommend choosing yearly themes instead of resolutions! Themes are a little more flexible :)

For example, next year will continue to be my Year of Trailblazing!

In 2022, I tackled fatherhood and sobriety; in 2023, I'm starting a company and doing a 550-mile bicycle ride.

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[1] https://taylor.town/yearly-themes

[2] https://www.aidslifecycle.org

Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#62

Less wasted time (primarily reducing gaming time) Less/no alcohol. Find another job.

My best friend and I quit drinking in 2022, and it has been life-changing for both of us!

E-mail me at hello@taylor.town if you're looking for tips or support :)

Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#63

Not watch porn even once. I am not addicted to it or something, but want to improve my self-control.

Many don't realize how much control porn has over them until they try to quit. Quitting for 1 day, 1 week can be easy. Quitting for a year? Almost everyone who regularly watches will struggle to do so. Don't let the struggle discourage you. If you give in, try to get back up asap. Even if you don't make it 100% porn free year its not a failure.

Wish you the best.

Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#66

Earn more money. I've been a software engineer for 8 years but I earn less than some new grads. I've never gone in for flashy toys or expensive trips, but now I realise that money buys me time. Time with my friends, time with my family, time to do what I want.

How do you plan on earning more money? New job? Freelancing? Starting a business?

Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#67

Not watch porn even once. I am not addicted to it or something, but want to improve my self-control.

What worked really well for improving my self-control regarding porn was putting money in the game. Whenever you trip, I have to donate 100€ to an organization I don't like (in other words, hate). It should be really painful to donate this money.

I once tripped and it was extremely painful. Don't want to do this again.

Depending on how important this is to you, I'd increase/decrease the amount of money on the table.

It's very helpful to do this together with a friend, to keep each other accountable.

Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#68
- Read more books/long form essays.

- Less Procrastination

- Less reading the tutorials and start doing more "practical" stuff. i.e. write more code.

- A blog post a week on my measly blog - https://blog.yelinaung.com/ - write anything that I find fun and learned!

- Find a new job!

Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#69
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Excited 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

Where can I follow your journey?

Re: Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?

#70
I suppose it's kinda cliché but "start living authentically". Coming out, doing that thing where you meet people not for work, stuff like that. I cheated and started working on this a few months ago though.

Oh and get a better job preferably with more money. This is still Hacker News after all.

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