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Re:Ask HN: What habits did you achieve this year? by petargyurov on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:11AM (#33654934)
I've been reading! I actually made a little virtual bookshelf [0] that was well received on here [1]

I think I've also learned/learning to be kinder to myself.

[0] https://petargyurov.com/bookshelf/

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31293727

Re:Ask HN: What habits did you achieve this year? by zigman1 on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:16AM (#33655013)
Hey, reaching out to you here, as it your blog it says your company runs a monthly book club. Could you share some info how is it run? Do you collectively decide on the next book, meet in person or discuss it? Is the meeting heavily moderated or more informal over drink? I'm asking because I want to organize something similar in my work :) Thanks a lot!
Re:Ask HN: What habits did you achieve this year? by petargyurov on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:52AM (#33657520)
Hey! I'd be glad to share.

First, we're a fully remote team, so all meetings are virtual. Super informal, fun and casual.

We all put it suggestions for what we want to read then we let a random wheel decide for us. Nobody is forced to read anything they don't want though! We sometimes try to alternate fiction and non-fiction.

We normally give ourselves a month to read it. Some of our team have dyslexia, so they prefer listening to it.

If everyone's finished it, we meet up and talk about the book. If someone hasn't, we delay the next meeting to allow them to finish it. At the end of the chat we ask everyone if they would recommend the book or not (we wanted to avoid "rating" the books out of X)

That's it basically.

Re:Ask HN: What habits did you achieve this year? by wordyskeleton on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:24AM (#33655109)
This is so cool. Might steal this idea
Re:Ask HN: What habits did you achieve this year? by petargyurov on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:44AM (#33657380)
By all means! The GitHub repo is linked on my site.
Re:Ask HN: What habits did you achieve this year? by david422 on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:49AM (#33655501)
Nice. Just read Atomic Habits and am attempting to use some of the tips. Also just reading Dune for the first time too!