A lot of depressing shit on here and the rest of social media. Anybody used this year to find a new hobby, develop new skills, go somewhere cool, do cool shit you’ve been meaning to do but never had the balls, had an optimistic altering of their perspective on life, asked a girl/dude out, got married, moved cities, made new friends, made some cash, etc?
Seen some guys and gals on here struggling with the hard knocks of life (this year has been no walk in the park for me either) and just wanted to throw some positivity into the forum. Even on the internet positive vibes can be contagious
Tennis, fishing, cycling, reading, strengthening/enjoying family relationships
Been an avid bass fisherman most my life nothing like being on the water
depending on weather, cycling is incredible
Largemouth? What state
A friend of mine and I learned how to build websites in order to help local businesses develop an online presence during the shutdown. Pretty rewarding.
Solid idea, I’ve actually been looking Into learning web development. Did you learn HTML, CSS, git hub, and JavaScript to code these websites?
A bit of html and css. YouTube was the key honestly.
We would host sites and build in templates on Wordpress, then add css code to make changes to the site... maybe 50-200 lines of total code per site (with previously built template)
I'm interested in learning this too. any advice on how to get started?
plenty of platforms out there. I built one for a AI startup using Webflow. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it is very powerful. No/minimal coding experience required. The community and tutorials that Webflow puts out are top notch.
use a CMS such as drupal, joomla or wordpress. no need to learn anything beyond the basics if you are just starting out - html and css are just markup languages not programming (you likely won't need to know anything beyond that given the plethora of free tools available for basic site design)
Done a lot of mountain biking (Marin Hawk Hill1 if anyone is familiar). I rode bmx for a while but always wanted a full suspension bike, a few of my friends got them and we've been riding around different parts of New England for the past few months. It's been a blast and a great way to get exercise since I'm not going to the gym anymore. That's ending soon though (winter), but I got my season pass for snowboarding and getting excited for opening day at Stowe in a few weeks. Other than that, spending too much time on my phone and not enough time reading and playing guitar. Also got into photography a bit more (got the Sigma 1.4 30mm lens if anyone is familiar) and that's been a fun hobby. Did a lot of camping as well which has been refreshing. Realizing I'm somewhat of a serial hobbyist, but there's so much cool stuff to do.
Steeeeeeeeez, is Stowe popular mtn up in Vermont ? I’m only familiar with Colorado tbh
Yeah I'd say it's one of the more popular resorts in the Northeast, and it's on the tallest mountain in VT so pretty big from our standards. They're owned by Vail resorts so the epic pass has definitely increased the crowds, but I'm guilty of that too. Hoping to get out to Colorado this winter if it's possible! Been a few years since I've been out that way.
Have done a ton of self-study related to math and programming since going remote in March. Also bought a rode bike which I got a ton of use out of after work and on weekends over the summer, much tougher now with midwest weather and shorter days...
What programming languages have you been looking at ? This is a realm I’m looking about diving into but My knowledge of coding is jack shit
Picked up golf around 1.5 years ago and have enjoyed playing a little more. Also have done some reading and learned about different financial topics that interest me.
I am a student so time is typically not a real issue, but with less "normal" college options during the first few months of the pandemic, I was able to do these other things.
ready for the masters?
So excited. I always watched it with my dad but never played because I played other sports. Now that I am a "golf bro" it's even more fun to watch lol. Was hoping for Auburn to have a good year in football and have the Masters weekend with November SEC/Auburn football. Still fortunate to have it.
Enjoying 20th century American literature quite a bit (Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Faulkner, O'Neill)
The Pearl>>>
My reading habit (literature wise) is piss poor, what’s a 20th century American literature book you recommend ?
I'd go with the Great Gatsby or if you're looking to dive into a longer novel, perhaps East of Eden. Both are brilliant.
Nice I love Steinbeck, The Winter of our Discontent and East of Eden are some of the best literature of all time. Wouldnt mind re-reading those, but the world is depressing enough as it is.
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What period of history are you analyzing currently and what part of history would you put in your top 5 favorite to dive into ?
I've been clapping hella cheeks
Somebody’s gotta do it, what’s the number we talkin
I learned how to poll dance. My girlfriend really loves it.
What do you do - you go to the polls and dance?
No, I have one at home, girl loves it. She records me sometimes to show her guy friend and apparently he loves it too!
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Got hooked on fly fishing and lost 50 lbs during COVID. Best thing to ever happen to me.
Fuck yeah dude, I bass fish a lot but fly fishing is an absolute art. I’ve got buddies who are super into it and I need to have them show me the ropes. Congrats on the weight loss, I used covid as getting more serious in exercise habits and it’s been a game changer for my mental clarity
Thanks dude. Nothing better than being out in the woods with nobody around trying to fool a wild trout. Could honestly do that for the rest of my days here on this rock. Highly recommend taking a class or religiously going through some of the orvis videos on YouTube. They were super helpful.
Total Savage. Good for you.
Appreciate it, that deserves an MD special thx
Awesome, good on you bro!
Thx dude
Where do you fly fish? East Coast? I am from the west and just cant find anything like the west out here.
Fly fishing is a game changer. It brings perspective.
You out of NYC? There's a couple spots up off Metro North or trek to CT/ Upstate with good fly fishing
I'm in the southeast so western NC and eastern TN mountains
After failing miserably at online dating... I am starting to teach myself Excel VBA. At least I can start automating my job and give myself more free time at home. My goal is to try to reduce my work hours from 60 hrs/week to 40 hrs/week (and maybe even less!). Shhh - don't tell my boss.
Word,How do you plan on using it to reduce your work hours ? I’m solid in excel but I’ve just started getting into VBA so I’m not on par with its applicable uses
Basically speeding up how to gather data from multiple places, I do a lot of monthly and quarterly reporting and I need to gather data from multiple spreadsheets, it's really tedious stuff. I am really seeing a lot of value in VBA, and even many advanced excel techniques. People are saying Python is all the rage, but for people that use excel (the entire corporate world), VBA programming really is something that's overlooked, in fact I am shocked it's this over looked and I wish I bothered to learn this a lot sooner.
Got even deeper into horology. I have traded watches profitably for a while but these year took it to the next level as I’ve always enjoyed buying and selling things. Watches in particular are fun due to how liquid they are and the type of people you get to meet. On top of that there’s the whole art/craftsmanship side of things.
Planning on bidding at the next OnlyWatch auction and am commissioning some cool pieces from independents I love.
Convinced my business partner to let me throw some cash at an independent as well as a shits and giggles investment. I’ve been lazy about pursuing it though as most are European.
Any recommendations on getting into watch flipping?
Oh dude, I love to read this. I am a huge watch nerd. What have you been flipping? Bet you wish you'd bought some FP Journe a couple year ago. I know I do. Lol
Also I gotta ask which independents you follow. Check out Keaton Myrick.
Threw myself into work even more since there was less to do outside of it. Took on some side projects renovating my house over the last 8-9 months (did all the work myself). Gonna do a lot of skiing this winter.
Skydiving (conquered fear of heights), Polo on horseback, taught a group to design and build guitars, read 12 books, applying to grad school, looking to buy a business, rebuilding family bridges.
Absolute CHAD
I got married April 17th with just immediate family around. It was a nice, peaceful day. We basically showed up and got married within an hour. We’ll throw something whenever it’s safe to do so, gives us extra time to save up more cash anyway. I got a new job, which is a huge improvement over my previous job. I went from truly miserable to actually really happy. I moved apartments from a decent, but really run down and shabby place, to a much nicer place in century city. In the micro perspective, 2020 has been very good to me.
Kudos bro, that’s great! Congrats again on the marriage
Began running every day, eating healthier, asked a girl out
good for you bro!
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Always been skinny but for the first time in my life I lifted consistently 5 days a week for four months (my gym didn’t close). Put on 10lbs / started to look a bit better and got my lifts up to non-total embarrassing levels - 160lb 5x5 on bench press. Not a lot for most but was cool progress for me and I loved it.
Had to stop lifting for grind time on MBA apps because between work and that I’m barely getting enough sleep as is. Fucking sucks to finally make even some small progress and now lose it, but I just wrapped up MBA interviews so gonna dive back into lifting. Hopefully a month from now I’ll hear some good news on getting into a school and then have 7 more months of working out to enter summer / fall of 2021 in the best shape of my life, $500K in the bank (bye to half thanks to school), and finally some free time after a 5 year IB/PE grind. Can’t fucking wait.
Hell yea dude. Getting into lifting is very rewarding if you are disciplined with the training as well as diet/eating. Seeing results in your body, how much iron you can move, and the mental gains is priceless.
We're all gonna make it.
i made some money trading stonks on reddit, paid off a bunch of student loan debt from dumb nothing degrees i got in my early 20s and decided to take the plunge into business school for finance. hell of a year. covid sucks, but i think the pandemic was a life-changing experience on the positive side in my own personal experience. i am, however, still single, if anyone wants to hook me up with their 28-35 y/o sister
same here - please introduce me to any 18-45 year old women
hi im 21
I started gardening in my condo. The greenery makes it significantly more pleasant
Nice what do you Grow
A lot of vegetables and herbs for cooking, as well as some houseplants. Having fresh green onion is super underrated.
I’m in Canada so I keep meaning to try growing weed for fun and forgetting. Some friends have done it, but to be honest it seems like more trouble than it’s worth.
i started playing warzone and have a lot of wins
Lol any advice for someone still grinding for their first solo dub? What kinda loadout do you find works best?
I've choked the final 1v1 about 5 times now... usually running like grau mp7 or similar combo
Well recently i’ve gotten bored of the meta so i’ll fully off meta rn, the scar has been absolutely ripping shit up for me but that’s not a weapon you can run in solos. Ram7 with meta attachments (mono, long barrel, optic of choice, commando 50/60 mag) is fucking beast, kilo / grau like recoil with m4 damage.
I dont play solos (usually quads trios maybe duos) but generally if it’s final circle / top 10/5 i like to let the sweaty dudes fight each other while we roll in to mop up the rest.
I think the single best tip for doing well in the final circle is just to have a handle on your nerves and stay calm, and also try to have good position (high ground / covered from certain angles so you dont have to watch 360 degrees)
Continuing old hobbies: painting (could be time-consuming so now I paint on smaller canvas), singing (I'm in my school's choir and we do virtual recordings).
New things picked up: push-ups (went from 8 sets of 7 to 10 sets of 25 everyday in 5 weeks), studying a new programming language, stonks.
If you want to get even better at body weight start tossing weight in there.
How can a beginner start painting? What medium (oil, acrylic, water)?
Speaking from my personal experience, the difficulty level (just in terms of manipulating the medium) goes from acrylic -> watercolor/oil. Watercolor and oil create very different styles and have different techniques. For a starter, you might want to go with acrylic - it is colorful, dries easily, and layers easily.
- Catch-up on movies I had not the chance to watch before
- Started reading again
- Wrote a pilot episode for a TV series
- Currently learning to play a musical instrument
- Spent time on WSO
What’s the pilot about
Fiction TV series for a scripts contest. First time I did it, so I had to learn the basics of script writing. Very interesting.
I got a DUI during COVID. Mental health deteriorating. Sorry for being bad vibes.
sorry to hear about that. how can we help with the mental aspect?
shit happens, now let's talk about how we can work on it
bro what? no fuck that guy and fuck his mental health.
You can always try making art with soft pastels! No dry time. (OIl Pastel are a type of pastel but are different than the dry powdery pastels)
Oil is by far the most tedious. As a beginner I find it easy and fun but if you start looking into layering paints based on the dry time of each paint due to the differences in oils, it get gets hectic. Also oily rags and spirits have to be dealt with appropriately.
If I were dead set on paint, I'd half-ass oil over acrylic any day.
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