[HN Gopher] How to get the most out of next year (2016)
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How to get the most out of next year (2016)
Author : braydenm
Score : 35 points
Date : 2022-12-31 19:17 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| rcarr wrote:
| I would challenge the author of this document to try and get this
| down to 10 pages or preferably less. I've had a skim through and
| I'm not convinced this needs to be a 22 page document. The longer
| and more involved these planning systems are, the more I think
| they verge into procrastination territory.
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| Or even a different presentation method. A quick checklist of the
| actual process that is two pages long at most at the start of the
| document, and then a reasoning and details section if people want
| the deep dive.
| [deleted]
| guina wrote:
| I'd argue a vast majority of the "productivity industry" is
| ironically just procrastination.
| axelonet wrote:
| I disagree. If you actually go through the document, everything
| of value is well laid out and lets you skim. It would have been
| much harder to skim and many procrastinators would just skip
| even reading the 2 pages.
|
| On the other hand, a 2 page thing in addition would be a good
| summary which anyone can make rather than challenging the
| author.
| floppydiskette wrote:
| I agree. I also think the list can be pared down from what I
| see so far, such as in "Values and purpose" it lists: "What are
| my fundamental values?" and "What do I truly value?"
|
| These are pretty much the same question. I think three per
| section would be a good max, 12 is already a lot of categories.
|
| Overall this seems pretty cool though, I'm going to skim
| through it.
| mustafabisic1 wrote:
| Not my cup of tea, but I appreciate the effort and feel it'll
| help a lot of people immensely.
|
| On the side note, I've noticed that the best and most actionable
| productivity articles made their way here in January every year.
|
| Makes me that much more excited about January.
| floppydiskette wrote:
| What is your cup of tea in this area?
| SoftTalker wrote:
| Make no plans. Enjoy life for what it is.
| mustafabisic1 wrote:
| What works for me is this system - https://www.heroic.us/
| rcarr wrote:
| I know nothing about Brian Johnson but I am already
| questioning his judgement if he signed off on this landing
| page.
| kthejoker2 wrote:
| My main advice is feel free to skip questions or entire sections,
| it's okay to let some things be "status quo".
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| Also I don't like YOLO questions ("what if you had a year to
| live") they're usually orthogonal to your actual plans and
| values.
|
| It is important to note how much time you think you have left
| with your loved ones, your career, your schooling, etc. and take
| that into account when deciding how to spend your precious tie.
|
| EDIT: I will add, just typing out that I will be 98 in 2080 is a
| cheap thrill all by itself.
| WhiteBlueSkies wrote:
| By not reading things like "how to get the most out of...".
| tester457 wrote:
| Why not, it can be a helpful starting point for self
| reflection.
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| Do most people even truly reflect on themselves, or do they
| lead lives of quiet desperation, the stereotyped unconscious
| despair?
|
| Any thing that encourages introspection is good in my book.
| CommieBobDole wrote:
| Bold of you to assume self-reflection is some sort of
| antidote to desperation and despair.
| Apocryphon wrote:
| If not an accelerant!
| forgotmypw17 wrote:
| I prefer to think of it as 86,400 seconds.
| ComodoHacker wrote:
| You mean 756,864,000 seconds.
| RodGodKiller wrote:
| He prefers to think like that, doesn't mean it makes sense.
| braydenm wrote:
| I've used this annual planning/reflection doc every year and have
| found it a refreshing way to put my life into perspective and
| reset for a new year. Hoping you find this useful too.
|
| Alternate download link:
| https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2PaeRjVqAN7MngxTXFPQkpLVj...
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| Spreadsheet for filling in:
| https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f5y9YjbOB5ixeQHFyUEp...
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| Plain Text: https://pastebin.com/raw/V7FaFS0Q
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| Past Submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13249796
| dredmorbius wrote:
| I'd like to take this opportunity to note that January 1 is a
| myth.
|
| It's actually NoMoNoMoVember.
|
| (December 1 is also correspondingly a myth, of course, and is in
| fact NoMoVember.)
| BeetleB wrote:
| I've used this the past few years.
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| Writing things down is very helpful, but the real benefit is
| introspecting at the end of the year. You have a record of what
| you hoped to do, and know what you did, and can think about what
| worked and what didn't.
|
| In my case, the contrast between what I thought I could do and
| what I actually could couldn't have been starker.
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