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How goes it @FtttG, @self_made_human @bird_crombie @falling-star @Tollund_Man4 ?
Doing ok on my stated goals of quitting nicotine, reducing alcohol consumption and gaming, but probably more importantly I'm spending all day at work speaking French which will improve my life a lot more than anything else. Half the point of trying to get more disciplined was so I could improve my French, the other half of getting back into the gym and reading more will come easily enough I think. My girlfriend will also be moving in with me in a month or two and she's not a big drinker so I'll just naturally be better on that front.
I still think it's good to try and waste less time and be healthier but I think I'm on the path I wanted to be on without needing to be super disciplined like I thought I'd have to be. New Year's Resolutions accomplished I guess.
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Back home from the accelerator in SF. Still partially burnt out but recovering. Weighed myself when I got home, only regressed 153 lbs -> 148, not as bad as I expected. Trying to put the weight back on with heavy use of fruit smoothies and protein powder, eating mad bowls of pork and rice.
Work demands haven't really relaxed. Early success means we have patients (generating operational tasks), but not money to actually hire more staff. So I've become an insurance biller on top of a fullstack engineer. Been telling myself I want unreasonable things so I'll have to work unreasonably hard to get them. It's hard though, pushing all the time and not having time to recover or experience normal life.
I had a girl that was at least receptive to me that I was really into. We never got to meet a second time 'cause I went to SF right after we met. I missed a chance to run into her at a rave recently because I was working. I got her on instagram and I get the live reminders in my feed that she's still around. Not sure if that's healthy or helpful.
@thejdizzler I remember you mentioned a while back coming into a good bit of money. Did you end up buying property or otherwise improving your life with it?
It's sitting in my Fidelity account still as a combination of index funds, CDs, and cash. I'm going to buy a house with it once I get a job post PhD.
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Congratulations on that. I wonder if there's enough interest in personal finance, investing, and what-have-you for a "Money Monday" thread.
I'd be interested!
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Why not just this one? Financial wellness is real wellness.
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Shareholder Saturday? Or Speculator.
The choice of day should perhaps be strategic. The weekend is a great time for screening for stocks to buy at the start of the next week.
day of the true Sabbath seems like the only fitting one if Mammon is who we wish to invoke. Hava Nagila every Saturday it should be
Had to look up a bunch of religious lore to understand your joke. At least I think it's a joke and not a dogwhistle. :) Yes, let's worship money on the Sabbath!
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That's a good point.
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Be the change you want to see in the world. I'll be watching it with interest (pun completely unintended, I only noticed it after the fact).
"Fiscal Friday" has a better ring to it than "Money Monday" though, IMO.
Friday's already taken sadly.
Is there a rule saying we can't have two different threads on the same day?
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I mean, there aren't that many threads which get posted. I think it's ok to have more than one weekly thread on a given day.
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I watched a video that said that core exercise advice is really bad since there's no progression or anything for most of them. What you want is progressive overload, just like any other muscle group. Try cable crunches.
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I stopped doing core at all once I started doing compounds above body weight. I think the compound itself does all the core you need.
At 1.8x deadlift, stuff like planks is just way too easy for your core now. You will need to do hanging leg raises or something.
I found a list of core exercises online. Last night I went to the gym and began working my way through them, looking for ones I particularly enjoyed. These included:
among some others that I didn't enjoy as much/seemed too easy.
Though the discomfort hasn't entirely subsided, my lower back felt a bit better today, although it might be coincidence. I think I'll need to ask one of the trainers in the gym to inspect my deadlift form and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
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I'll give myself a pass mark, not because I physically went to the gym (I didn't), but because I've been doing non-zero amounts of exercise at home and bought a set of dumbbells (which I did use! I'm not using the mere act of purchase as an excuse).
The next few weeks are going to be hectic. I've got an important exam coming up, and while that's not entire incompatible with working out regularly, it makes it hard.
Keep the dumbbells by your computer. Work in a few reps when you pause to think or switch tracks.
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Spending is $990.72 higher than it was at the same time last year. Almost all of this difference is due to the dental bills and home repair/maintenance bills that I've racked up this year.
I do have some additional non-standard spending on top of that:
On the bright side, I negotiated a $10/month discount with my ISP. It's not much, but it's not nothing.
It's frustrating that I can't really get ahead compared to last year, but I'm also glad that I've been making the effort. I'd probably be cashflow negative for a few months already if I hadn't made this resolution.
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