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- Learn a new skill/craft. If you are in tech, maybe something more physical, cooking, woodworking,etc. Six months is a good amount of time to build a base. -
by jbot29 10y ago
- Learn a new skill/craft. If you are in tech, maybe something more physical, cooking, woodworking,etc. Six months is a good amount of time to build a base.
- Learn a foreign language, again 6 months is a perfect amount of time. Highly rewarding.
- Work on holes in knowledge, build a self-course around it. Algorithms, dbs, whatever.
- Pickup an new programming language.
- Build a side project, doesn't have to be commercially viable, could be open source or not. Build a redis replacement for no other reason than to understand it.
- Travel. I understand the constraint of wife/kids, but there are ways to fit it in. Don't have to live in Southeast Asia, but travel, I feel is a great brain boost. Awesome rush of new.
- _coldfire 10y ago> If you are in tech, maybe something more physical, cooking, woodworking,etc. Second this. Spend vast amounts of time in front of a screen, woodworking provides much stress relief, even when you screw things up.
- fred_is_fred 10y agoThis is a key goal for me. Cooking more is on the list already as is something as mundane as fishing. Keep the ideas coming!
- hoodwink 10y agoRouxbe is a great resource for learning how to cook from first principles.
- fred_is_fred 10y agoThis looks very promising thanks!
- fred_is_fred 10y agoI'd like to just be more handy in general, to be able to take a pile of wood and build something but it doesn't need to be some super complex 8 different types of hardwood kinda thing. Any recommendations on getting started?
- stenius 10y agoI'm taking an introductory cabinetry class at my local community college and it was a good option for me. There was some hoops involved in getting signed up but once you take the first class others are easier. Here is a photo of the project everyone in the class builds over 12 weeks. http://i.imgur.com/2raCXzP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2raCXzP.jpg