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

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Post by boredemployee »

dv35z wrote: post #401
boredemployee wrote: post #59

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could you point the books u reading on (3)?

I suggest buy these gems and read them (roughly) in this order, take it seriously - take notes. // Mindset (Important) - Think and Grow Rich https://a.co/d/fMmWnrI (listen to Earn Nightingale's "The Strangest Secret" daily while reading it - https://open.spotify.com/album/0bg1C7BwYZq5vXFpJOhZFM?si=wAB... ; listen to everything else he's done: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gyPmRdEnJ6GVibKuQekoF?si=YD... ) ^^ Take t…

Thank you very much.

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Post by scottwick »

marssaxman wrote: post #238
bovermyer wrote: post #226

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Yeah, and on a similar note, I'm done with thinking globally. I'm tired of wanting the world to be a better place and designing systems for the entire world. Instead, I want to focus on small scale local problems.

How do you decide which small-scale local problems are worth focusing on, without the big-picture view providing a frame for your priorities? I used to order my life around thinking globally and acting locally, but humanity has closed the doors to the kinds of futures I was working toward, and there is nothing in the global view which inspires me anymore. There are still plenty of things I can do on a small scale, bu…

> but humanity has closed the doors to the kinds of futures I was working toward

Curious to hear more about what you mean by this.

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Post by madscphoto »

To actually begin doing something with my photography. It has been a hobby/passion of mine for 7+ years, but so far I do not really do much with the final images. I put them on my private Flickr as a backup and upload the highlights to Instagram, but that's it.

I feel like Instagram is a hard medium because the photos that are trending are mostly the same overdone and oversaturated landscape or travel photos, and while I do take landscape and travel photos myself, I try to not fall into the "bright oversaturated"-look that so many seek.

In the end I guess I want to do more people photography, showcasing cultures etc., but it is a challenge to find good subjects for more serious work rather than just the occasional snapshot. I guess you have to go more all in while traveling and actually travel with the purpose of photography if you want it to become an occupation, rather than just taking pictures along the journey as I do now and not explicitly planning for it.

Has anyone had any experience in this field?

If you want to check out my work I post at https://instagram.com/madscphoto

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Post by billylo »

surprisetalk wrote: post #142
sanmon3186 wrote: post #131

I have same old new year resolutions but past few years, this is what I have been doing. For the year that passed, I go over my phone photo album, recall key events in life of family members, friends I met, books I read, major purchases, basic fitness parameters (mostly from Apple Watch, weight etc), financial health, progress made in hobbies. I write these down on a paper. Not very detailed though. Looking back it’s…

For Christmas this year, I gave my wife a booklet of my sketches (I am not very good at drawing). Each doodle was a memory we had together in 2022. Our whole family had a blast looking through my crappy doodles and laughing at ourselves! I think going back through your phone photos and synthesizing your memories into writing/art is an excellent way to bookend the year.

This is brilliant. Your sketches would also highlight what really mattered to you as opposed to the factual details from videos/photos. I am going to try it, starting with the fireworks watching last night.

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Post by ifemide006 »

Became a father in 2022, had to deal with the 'stress' that came with that however, I'd say its the most beautiful feeling.

So next year, want to: - grow my social-app, and get some pre-seed/seed funding. We just got to 40K users in Dec. Incase anyone can make an intro :), or I could pick your brain on growth

- Learn more about RE and buy 1 or 2 MF unit. - Read more. Less time starring at screens (phone, laptop, e.t.c). - Music (want to try recording :) -- more an hobby than anything else.

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Post by mikeflynn »

citrusynapse wrote: post #193
mikeflynn wrote: post #54

I want to learn how to MIG weld, but I’m so far finding it difficult to find a good hobbyist class in Southern California.

If you're anywhere near El Cajon I know a guy that'd teach you for free/some odd work around the shop

I'm up in LA, but I'm strongly considering going up to SF (or down to SD) for a day or two to learn as I can't seem to find anything where I am.

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Post by sprkwd »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #239

Get my shit in order. I feel like a lot of the systems I had in place to keep me sane and getting shit done have sort of fallen into disrepair the last couple of years. I feel tired and disorganized and spend too much time on my phone. Maybe it's a knock-on effect of the covid situation with lockdowns and isolation or I dunno. My health and fitness isn't as great as it was, I'm procrastinating too much and find mysel…

I think you might be me.

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Post by elforce002 »

testmasterflex wrote: post #419
elforce002 wrote: post #402

Pretty much 3 things: 1. All in with Swift. 2. Go deeper on React, NextJS, and MLOps (see point 3). 3. Finish launching my startup once and for all (almost 3 years working on it).

What’s your startup? :) good luck!

Thanks. Logistics/Retail.
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