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- make my company profitable by focusing more on sales and marketing - build new winery (building for production, lab and so) - extend my body flexibility: after decades of sitting I am able to just reach my knees while standing. I want to be able to reach toes by the end of this year. Also work on my posture and remove my back pain.

Build new winery? Can you please explain this a bit more? how are you planning to achieve this?

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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post #111

- make my company profitable by focusing more on sales and marketing - build new winery (building for production, lab and so) - extend my body flexibility: after decades of sitting I am able to just reach my knees while standing. I want to be able to reach toes by the end of this year. Also work on my posture and remove my back pain.

Build new winery? Can you please explain this a bit more? how are you planning to achieve this?

I am making wine for 5 years. During this time I was subletting small part of another winery, but now it is time to move to my own place.

Winery can have many different forms, mine is going to be oversized garage/small warehouse. I hired architect who did many of those projects and we are currently waiting for building permission, which is very tricky. After that I will simply pay contractor to build whole thing and then move in my equipment.

As you see it is not that complicated, it just cost a lot of money. There is also going to be phase two which will add tasting room and underground cellar for aging and storing wine, but thats a project for another year.

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post #234

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I'm guessing you've never tried daily gym sessions. Once you find what challenges your body in the way you want, I'm sure that you'll find that you make better progress and feel more satisfied taking rest days in between. On those days I try to get 50-100 pushups during downtime to not feel so sluggish - I really think you'll be happier not pushing your body so much so quickly. Can I ask why you've picked raw veggies…

I understand that too much exercise does not do any good. Just that the mere choice of whether that day is workout day or not can be detrimental to setting up the habit. So a 3 days a week can be strength training, a day can be HIIT and other three can be yoga or some other lighter form. That way, I will be there every morning. Helps to ingrain the habit. Eating raw veggies withing 30 mins of waking up seems to stabi…

What type of IF did you try? And for how long?

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

#254

Here is what I'm going to focus on in 2018: - Work less, achieve more - No alcohol - Read more - Write more - Practice my Mandarin - Produce 1 song/week ( https://weeklybeats.com/ ) - Continue to make one thing every day

Gotta make 5 beats a day for 3 summers :)

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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Here is what I'm going to focus on in 2018: - Work less, achieve more - No alcohol - Read more - Write more - Practice my Mandarin - Produce 1 song/week ( https://weeklybeats.com/ ) - Continue to make one thing every day

You know what, screw it, I'm joining weekly beats. Thanks for this. I always wanted to learn to produce music, let's try it.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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post #210

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Just checked your blog. Are you really clear about the person you do want to be? Are you moving to Denmark? BTW a former colleague of mine moved from UK to Copenhagen and absolutely loves the quality of life there. Funnily enough another colleague just emigrated to Canada!

I did go to Denmark, and already came back. I spent the whole time there being depressed and not adapting, and I freaked out and came home because I thought it would never improve. Coming home didn't help either. I'm doing cbt now and waiting to see a counselor. I want to get my head straight and return to Denmark.

Sorry to hear that. I guess it's a case of "wherever you go there you are". The CBT should help a lot. Good luck!

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Heheh good one. I thought my plan to walk at least 10,000 steps a day for 365 days was quite a challenge. I can't help thinking that eating 777 types of fruit might be the biggest challenge there though! I've travelled pretty widely and am a great fruit lover, but would be surprised if I've eaten more than 100 types of fruit!

Yeah, thats a lot of steps. Assuming 1,000 steps = 1/2 mile, thats 3,888 miles for the year, which is totally doable, but a lot easier if you're into distance running.

Those steps do add up. So far this year I'm over target. The challenge will be keeping it going when I head to Philippines soon, I usually switch to swimming there - do laps count?! {grin} Good luck for 2018!

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

#258

Less consuming, more creating. Doesn't matter what it is, doesn't matter if it's bad.

Good luck! We can all do this. Create and create and you will eventually catch up with your taste. I have a personal theory that unhappiness is due to too much consumption, not enough personal creation. Even if it just a sketchnote or a doodle... that is enough. > Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there…

This reminds me of a famous quote by Chuck Jones[1]: "Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out."

In the same way, we probably all have thousands of bad programs/scripts/classes in us. Code 'em out.

[1] I've also seen this attributed to others and phrased differently

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

#259
post #155

If you forget the grandiose ideas and keep them simple they are more likely to happen. I'm left handed and my resolution last year was to use my right hand more. I had to make a conscience effort to do so, but that effort has stuck with me. I still think about which hand to use before performing a task, something I didn't do before the resolution. Keep them simple.

Did you notice any benefits from doing this? I imagine challenging yourself to do familiar things in an unfamiliar way has some cognitive benefits, but I'm curious about specific examples.

Re: Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?

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1. Expand my development horizons. I've been a .NET developer for most of my career, and I've recently taken a job at a company that is mostly Node/Ruby. This year, I want to learn enough RoR, Django, and Node to be able to contribute wherever needed.

2. Compete at blue belt at a BJJ competition. I've a fresh blue belt, so my training needs to be more consistent in order to hang at that level.

3. Learn to enjoy travelling more. For the first time in my life I've got the money to travel and see the world, and rather than being constantly anxious of being somewhere different I want to embrace it.

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