[HN Gopher] The Power of Starting Again
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       The Power of Starting Again
        
       Author : memorable
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-12-31 13:24 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | agentwiggles wrote:
       | I couldn't help but think of Leonard Cohen's Anthem, one of my
       | favorite songs:
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       | > The birds they sing, at the break of day
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       | > "Start again" I heard them say
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       | > Don't dwell on what has passed away
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       | > Or what is yet to be
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       | > ...
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       | > Ring the bells that still can ring
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       | > Forget your perfect offering
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       | > There is a crack in everything
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       | > That's how the light gets in
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       | Strong words for the hope and promise of a new year. Happy New
       | Year to all!
        
       | koz_ wrote:
       | I remember getting a new lease on life with Factorio when I gave
       | myself permission to start again as much as I wanted. Before that
       | I would overcommit to every base, thinking that the "real game"
       | only began after you get past the bootstrap phase, but in fact
       | there is a lot of joy in just putting marks on the page.
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       | Also, having things be small enough to fit in your head, as
       | things tend to be at the beginning, is a boon for learning. I
       | thought the early game was pointless, but in fact working with
       | small factories made me realise that there were foundational
       | practices that I had yet to learn which helped me to level up
       | significantly at the game.
        
       | mirekrusin wrote:
       | This arguably touches on one of the most important aspect of
       | being an adult. Our education system is designed to ignore it.
       | Most interesting things in life are difficult. Difficult things
       | mean you will fail many times. One of the most important habits
       | you can learn as an adult is recovery from failure. This means
       | looking at failure in analytical way - to get feedback from it,
       | adjust, retry.
        
       | spansoa wrote:
       | 'In the beginner's mind, there are many possibilities, in the
       | expert's mind there are few'
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       | It took me years to break out of rigid thought processes and
       | patterns and get out of my comfort zone. If I feel like I'm
       | leaning into rigid thinking, I deliberately break out of that.
       | 
       | That could be anything from learning a new programming language,
       | or trying out a new Linux distro (I have learned a lot just by
       | trying out different distros).
       | 
       | In terms of TODOs, I batch tasks into 'marathons' and 'sprints'.
       | If something is going to need small iterative steps spanning a
       | whole year, then I organize my TODO to suit that. If something
       | needs speed and sprinting, again, I organize my life around that.
       | Too many are doing sprints for what should be a marathon, and
       | doing marathons for what should be sprints.
        
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