Crying
Swimming, I used to swim in high school but I’ve been out of practice for a couple decades, I got back in the pool a couple of weeks ago and struggled to swim 500 yards which is something I used to do in 6 minutes so I’ve been going a few times a week and pushed myself to 600 yards the last few sessions, anyway I want to try for 1000 yards by the end of the year.
I switched to arch on my main PC, so probably better at managing Linux. Ramping up my road biking workouts, so I’ll probably be faster (I normally do a 500mi riding event from Christmas eve to new years and hoping to crush that this year).
Legal writing & holding local public officials accountable fo bad actions.
Self-sabotage. Procrastination. Rotting in bed.
mmm ill have one of those, to go.
The best thing to do for procrastination is find youtube videos about procrastination and add them to your watch later list
This is the best comment on Lemmy.
My Watch Later playlist is full :|
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Singing
I love to sing, how does one get better at singing?
Depends on the skill level that you are starting on. If your are starting more or less new then I cannot overstate how useful a teacher can be in getting things right from the get go.
Generally speaking you want to start out with training basics like correct breathing and how to create a tone correctly. I’m the end singing is a very physical thing. You learn to use the muscles in your mouth and throat properly.
Also things like hitting the right pitch and rhythm are a thing. Depends if you have a musical background otherwise.
And very important: If something hurts die out after singing, you’re not using the right technique. It will occur that your do things wrong while practising but listen to your body and don’t overdo it.
I can warmly recommend Catherine Sadolin’s Complete Vocal Technique. It is a fantastic book especially if you don’t want to / can’t get a private teacher.
I hope this was somewhat helpful to you, cheers!
Hopefully my hobbies and mental health. Hopefully…
I kinda hate doing my hobbies as they were “talented” ones and just about everyone in my life was toxic competitive about it. I was seen as “good” and everyone competed with me. But then they see I’m not good and still hate me for being “better” despite being not good. So improving and unfortunately actually becoming good is just triggering now.
Using a guillotine
Boy do I have a song for you!
Deno2 and typescript. For no particular reason the release of Deno2 has prompted me to build a web app in my spare time. I mostly a sysadmin, I haven’t written anything but APIs and utility scripts for at least 5 years.
Oh no is it that time of that year already?!
Maybe I should do the things I’m planning to do all year.
Reading japanese, living life. Hopefuly I want to be better at overcoming my trauma but that outcome is kinda independed of my actions towards that.
Basic music theory and guitar playing.
Also, learning how to use an Altair 8800 clone
Traditional wetshaving
Safety razor is the way to go! Take it slow and let the weight of the safety razor do the work. It’s so much cheaper than the multi blade razors too!
Definitely. It’s also so much more enjoyable!
I remember my dad doing it and it brings back good memories for me: The smell, the sounds.
If you shave, I highly recommend learning how. It’s completely transformed my experience of shaving from a task that I dreaded to an enjoyable part of my day.
Art.
What’s your preferred medium? Do you have a way to make art everyday? I feel stuck at times and learning about how and what other art interested people Do gives me ideas.
Digital 2D art drawn in Paint Tool SAI 1! I’ve been using that program for as long as I’ve been drawing digitally and honestly wouldn’t settle for anything else. I don’t typically draw everyday, only when I’m in the mood for it. To get ideas I’ll try doing random rough sketches and see what I vibe with, othertimes I can get inspired by movies, videogames or anime!
Thanksbfor the reply. I like the idea about getting ideas from other media! Thanks
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