What I Learned in 2020
This is inspired by the post 100 Tips for a Better Life by Conor Barnes. I recommend you go read that if you haven’t.
Almost none of this will be new to you, but there is value in reminding yourself.
- Learn about things that you are curious about. Seems obvious, but put effort into it.
- When you find a book that seems interesting, add it to a list. I use the Audible wish list. For regular books I just buy them on Ebay or Amazon.
- If you have a task that takes less than 10 minutes, just do it now.
- Keep a list of reminders. I like to set them so they notify me at weekly or monthly intervals.
- Don’t take any small excuse as a sign not to work out. If you skip one day, definitely don’t skip the next.
- Ordering yourself fun little toys on Ebay that take weeks to arrive is very fun.
- Setting up a home desk with good equipment is well worth the cost. Your monitor, chair, keyboard and mouse should be good.
- If I start gaming, I don’t sleep enough.
- Businesses are hard to start. Try to test an idea before building the whole thing.
- Go on walks.
- Give away things you don’t really like.
- Gigabit internet is not worth it. You won’t notice the difference between that and 300-500 Mbps. Save yourself the money.
- Have a computer you really like to use, opting for a chromebook leads to much less productivity.
- The point of creating an audience is to get feedback. Twitter or karma are not meaningless.
- You won’t get an opposing opinion if you don’t seek it out.
- Make sure the thing you are buying doesn’t charge via micro-usb.
- Do small programming projects. It will help you learn and it’s a great creative outlet.
- People who are good writers or speakers have put a lot of effort into it.
- Life is unpredictable, make sure you spend it with people you love.