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Ask HN: What are your goals for 2019?

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Happy New Year from Sydney, Australia!

It's the time of year again, what are your goals for 2019? Mine are to start a new startup!

I've set some modest goals for this year.

* Fix my diet. I'm fit, but my diet is awful, and I feel awful for it. Rather than just cutting out "bad" things I'm going to do some actual research into what I should be eating, what's best for after exercise, how much and how late I should be eating, etc.

* Get married. As of Christmas I am now engaged, so most of this year will be wedding planning. We have an ambitious goal to book something this year.

* Become proficient in another language. I\ve spent a decade working with C#, and I've learned enough Ruby to be dangerous. I'd either like to use Python in anger on a non-trivial project, or pick up something a bit different like Kotlin or Rust.

* Compete in BJJ. I want to do at least one competition at blue belt before being promoted, and if I can get a medal to add to my silver medal at white belt I'll be very happy.

* Apply to a big tech company. I've never managed to get an interview, so I'd love to at least get an interview with one of the top six.

It’s my last year to try and automate my farm. I will likely give up farming if I can’t find some way to cut labour costs and be profitable.

Would love to hear what kind of things you already automated on your farm :)

Nothing I can discuss right now, unfortunately.

What things are you going to try to automate?

For now, field prep. But not like in regular primary and secondary tillage which is broadcast tillage.

Previous related submissions:

* Ask HN: What is your goal for 2019? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18746858 (8 comments)

* Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18760636 (139 comments)

My goals are having enough sleep, making good habits, improving skills, working on a side project, gaining weight, dating a girl etc.

I'm starting with a 2018 review, as described here:

https://medium.com/@schlaf/how-to-conduct-an-annual-life-rev...

Then, I'm going to set some realistic goals based on what I find.

Lose weight, track reading, vacation in Europe, keep a journal, drink more water, make more money, develop technical skills.

So a few. Been working on breaking them down into manageable chunks.

Enjoy a beer on my beach down the street every morning and keep on traveling.

Heading to Malta in 10 days, country number 45.

Visit Gozo!! I remember it was beautiful.

Become CEO of Google.

Don't forget to hire me without interview. I will pray for you.

Earn more from my products (e-books / apps), wouldn't say goal but hopefully a stretch goal that the products profit can cover my living expense (~$700 a month, I live in a relatively third world country).

My current monthly average earning from products are around $150 ish

Same thing we do every year, Pinky. Try to launch a successful SaaS!

Get accepted into YC S19! My co-founder and I weren't accepted to the W19 batch but we learned a lot from SUS and are continuing to build product and talk to users.

Make more money. Do more for my parents and siblings. Move on with my life and end shitty relationship once and for all.

To be more disciplined. This year for sure!

Come up with a better system to exercise and eat better.

Implement the Getting Things Done methodology.

Goal for 2019 is not to set goals.

OK I failed.

Destroy another startup.

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