Ask HN: What's your new year resolution?

[forktheif]

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...and to try and resist the urge to answer every question with a bad joke.

[ozh]

Stop caring about unwanted git commit messages ("merge with branch" because I merge/rebase something old or "oops typo" because I didn't amend previous commit to add an extra change in it) because in the end, it's the current state of `master` which is important. To me.

[derwiki]

Not speak badly of anyone. Not because I'm worried it would get back around, but because I want to try to not be in a mindset like that.

[kenkam]

I have a similar resolution. I find that I excessively judge others internally (even though I don't voice it) and that places irrational pressure on myself. I judge because of various reasons, but I think mainly to make myself feel that I'm better. This illusion ended when I realised I'm not actually that good at anything. I wonder if I am the only one.

[visakanv]

Sleep earlier. Started yesterday, midnight instead of 3am. Plan to at least hit 11pm every pre-workday of January.

[NomenNudum]

I will be doing my new years resolutions in bursts of 4 (quarters), as I feel this motivates me to keep going and it doesn't feel like such a long time. Plus being able to tell yourself you've done something earlier than you were supposed to feels GREAT! I usually review my goals on the last weekend before the end of the quarter and review what I have (or haven't) achieved and carry it over to the next quarter and add new goals. Plus, It's a lot harder to fail something 4 times compared to 1.

Quarter 1: Jan-Mar

* Get down to 12% body fat (lose ~10kg) - easily doable on keto diet, already lost 11kg last 2 months.

* Sleep earlier

* Spend my weekends more meaningfully instead of just sitting around at home. Explore London while I'm still here and before I move to SF.

* Learn advanced Git.

* Learn more Objective C/iOS development.

* Start a blog

Quarter 2: Apr-Jun

* 10% body fat

* Learn to swim and become a pro at it (follow gym programme)

* Learn basic French (Michel Thomas audio course) and reward myself with a weekend in Paris

* Try out Shotokan karate (complete 8 lesson course)

* Learn something tech (depends on interests at the time), perhaps Lisp.

Quarter 3: Jul-Sep

* Learn something tech (depends on interests at the time)

* Learn something non-tech (depends on interests at the time)

Quarter 4: Oct - Dec

* Learn something tech (depends on interests at the time)

* Learn something non-tech (depends on interests at the time)

[vojant]

I thought about my life latey and I am starting today with my New Year resolutions.

* Improve my english

* Learn math - I have graduated only high school and I have been scared of math my whole life. Time to change it!

* Learn as much as I can about data mining. - After reading http://guidetodatamining.com, I found it really interesting.

* Learn Python.

* Improve work/fun time management.

[contingencies]

In support of point 1, point 2 should be "learn more maths". Use of the abbreviated, antiquated adjective 'mathematic' as a plural is a peculiarity of American English and is probably not something you want to emulate. Have fun :)

[vojant]

Ah I forgot, I will skip this New Year party (I will sit at home and learn instead of drinking). I will party next year but only if I manage to keep my resolutions.

[ozh]

Also, stop biting my nails. I've got myself a simple little manicure set (the little scissors and a nail file) and whenever I'm on the phone, I gently grind & shape a couple nails.

Bonus: typing feels much better with smooth nails than with awful bitten fingers.

[ggreer]

I've never had that problem myself, and I don't know if you've already tried it, but I've heard of people using bitter nail polish. It seems like a clever way to change that habit.

[LBarret]

* ace my current project (a medium/big rearchitecture of an application stack : move to web front-end, data analysis, software quality, etc)

* write and publish : I have two short stories and few blogs articles that my wife finds interesting, maybe others would be interested as well.

* get fit : I used to be MA instructor, but because of my (now-closed) start-up, I let it slide. 100 push-ups, 1 hours run, -10 pounds, etc.

* double my income : I don't really care about the money per se, but this keeps me away from doing things nobody cares about.

* learn & use monads & monads transformer (haskell)

* master the javascript ecosystem.

* publish my 3d procedural modeler.

* move to another city.

[enos_feedler]

Optimize my decision making around building and maintaining relationships with those who are important to me. I am basically tired of living with the anxiety of _knowing_ certain relationships are important and _wanting_ to do something about it but not _committing_ myself to building those relationships. I spend a lot of time doing things that I now realize are much less important.

[Brajeshwar]

* Learn more, lot more by working with people smarter than me.

* Do more for others. In that vein, I'm contributing to a local co-working setup by helping people with Product Design.

* On a bigger experiment, I'm planning a Product Design Tour[1] of Silicon Valley.

1. http://design-tour.brajeshwar.com/

[dazoot]

I'll travel in a new country every month.

[apapli]

Get the time balance right between my full time job, my startup and my wife and child.

[ozh]

That definition of "right" is going to be tricky...

[matthewmacleod]

Got to try and get back on the Paleo wagon, or at least move in the right direction. Good time of year too - the lunch time street food market near our office isn't back until February, and that's often my weakness!

[milhous]

To work harder and smarter in school, panic less on tests, and use my free time to work on interesting and progressively difficult hacking projects.

[kenkam]

* Don't worry about others judging me

* Don't judge others

[Moto7451]

Loose 20 pounds. I actually accomplished that (and 10 more) last year :).

Learn Python.

Actually put my homepage on the internet (wow, wouldn't that be something!)

[jervisfm]

Any tips on how you accomplished your first goal ?

[japhyr]

Work hard. Be strong. Don't complain.

[daGrevis]

[] Improve my English,

[] Learn any functional language (I tried to learn Haskell, now I'm looking at Clojure);

[phaedrix]

Watch less TV, go to bed earlier/get up earlier and read more nonfiction.

[binarysolo]

1 project (hardware, software, art, self-improvement) of 5+ hours per week.