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Post by emilecantin »

ianai wrote: post #208
emilecantin wrote: post #174

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People often ask my wife and I how we manage to raise our 4 daughters, and homeschool the 3 school-aged ones. The assumption is that it must be a ton of work. The key to making this work is our parenting style. We promote autonomy _a lot_. For example, my youngest was eating on her own at ~10-11 months. Sure, she was making a mess at first, but now she's 1.5 yrs and she's pretty good at this. Then you see the "exhaus…

Is there a book or reference for that kind of parenting?

If there is, I haven't read it. It's not that hard, really. Kids want to do things on their own. If they're having a hard time, help them but don't do it for them. If they don't know how or do it wrong, show them the right way, they'll pick it up faster than you think. Kids are very smart, let them surprise you.

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Post by oarabbus_ »

LilBytes wrote: post #184
oarabbus_ wrote: post #116

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At that point, wouldn't it have made more sense to set expectations that their 1-week turnaround is realistically a 3-week ask, instead of working 20 hour days?

That's a difficult argument to make when you're contracting or a consultant and are expected to deliver X and not work Z hour.

I know, and I've been there.

There, meaning working absurd extra hours in order to deliver to the client as reneging would mean I have to own up to the client the fact that I totally fucked up the scoping (usually it's scope creep or changing requirements, but you can't really blame them even if it's their fault).

I've done that before, and perhaps other people here are getting paid more to consult than I, but it's not worth it IMO to sacrifice your life for the client.

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Post by etherealG »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #90
allthecybers wrote: post #78

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> The 40 hour work week is tyrannical. If you are stating this seriously, I often wonder why there isn’t a great movement toward a reduction in working days/hours in the modern workplace. It’s kind of mind boggling to me why we have to trade most of our waking hours for the majority of the prime of our life to make a living wage. Modern society should be solving for this.

> I often wonder why there isn’t a great movement toward a reduction in working days/hours in the modern workplace. There are voices saying that. You can find some on almost every HN thread about work. This is a tricky topic, though, because our society has a deeply ingrained sense of deriving one's self-worth and status from the job they perform. A sentiment that was once critical to our survival - now, arguably, le…

When you say "our society", do you mean USA? I know the approach to work in France where I live is vastly different. Most people I talk with consider work to be a means to an end, and life being much more about the things you do besides your job.

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Post by lez »

vaylian wrote: post #148
lez wrote: post #123

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This is largely effected by the nutrition / mental / health state of the individual. I personally spend a lot of time (cooking, sports, spend time researching mineral/vitamin/other supplements), and it took me around 4 years to find the things my body needs. I am now very rarely "energy exhausted" and mentally clear the whole day, having more energy than 10 years ago. The message here is that one can spend time and p…

Do you have any reading materials that you can recommend that helped you to figure this out?

One important one is http://lynnefarrow.net/book.html

Then there is (on top of above) the vitamins / minerals category, in which I was shocked to find that most supplements out there are in a form that doesn't get used by the body. Sorry, no english doc here :(

Addressing my various food intolerances - it's very personal and it's more about the process. Experimenting with avoiding gluten, milk, egg (for me). Try-and-repeat. Be consistent (this was the hardest for me).

And fighting my constant virus load - again, very personal, but these ones that work for me, using in combination: lactoferrin, grapefruit seed extract, ganoderma lucidum mushroom, propolis drops, and one I won't write down on HN because I get downvoted for it... :)

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Post by AdieuToLogic »

oarabbus_ wrote: post #223
LilBytes wrote: post #184

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That's a difficult argument to make when you're contracting or a consultant and are expected to deliver X and not work Z hour.

I know, and I've been there. There, meaning working absurd extra hours in order to deliver to the client as reneging would mean I have to own up to the client the fact that I totally fucked up the scoping (usually it's scope creep or changing requirements, but you can't really blame them even if it's their fault). I've done that before, and perhaps other people here are getting paid more to consult than I, but it's n…

> There, meaning working absurd extra hours in order to deliver to the client as reneging would mean I have to own up to the client the fact that I totally fucked up the scoping (usually it's scope creep or changing requirements, but you can't really blame them even if it's their fault).

The client for which I did the four 20 hour days had a project manager that committed to a milestone delivery with their client and did not run it past the dev team. So I did everything possible in order to deliver for the client.

Were it that I underestimated the scope of work (which I have done many times), I definitely would have conveyed that.

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