I'm doing 26 things
take_it_easy
2 days ago
Read and appreciate poems as much as possible before I start to compose my own poems.
take_it_easy's Life List
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1. Do something difficult
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2. Do something original
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3. challenge my mind and body everyday
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4. build good relationships
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5. become better at small-talk
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6. Get and stay in shape
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7. read more
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8. keep personal finance in order
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9. Be good parents
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10. Learn some new CS skills every year
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11. become a leader
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12. Practice Zen
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13. learn to appreciate poetry
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14. be artistic
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15. Learn molecular biology
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16. Start a company
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17. Learn Artificial Intelligence
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18. learn data mining
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19. build a robot
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20. Learn to play go
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21. Learn Statistics using R
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22. learn convex programming
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23. live in Europe for a while
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24. Write a book
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25. travel in space
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26. rock climb
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Recent entries
take_it_easy
3 days ago
Doing something original is much more difficult than do something difficult.
You never know when this will happen.
You just keep learning new things and exploring other idea spaces.
Hopefully, some epiphany will appear.
Even if you get nothing out of this process, you still have a lot fun while learning.
Life is only a process anyway.
take_it_easy
3 days ago
Nothing is difficult if you focus your time and determination on something and do it in a systematic and gradual way.
To do something difficult is to curb the urge of taking the easy way out and getting some instant satisfaction.
In the morning, the easy way out is to stay in the bed around 6am. Instead, you get up and exercise for half an hour or more.
At work, the easy way out is to maintain and fix the existing things. Instead, you think about some new initiatives and projects.
In the evening, the easy way out is to sit on couch, surfing the web or watching the TV. Instead, you read some technical books you always want to read.
