Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and fro... by bbcbasic on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:53PM (#8633784)

It has taken me months to build up will power to the point where I can work on coding projects in my spare time consistently. Fail. And not care and keep carrying on.

Some ideas that may help:

1. Enter a hackathon. Group up with people and you will be compelled to code.

2. Train for a half marathon. Increase your endurance and your ability of will to keep to the training schedule.

3. Have children. Ironically the ridiculous overhaul this has has on my life has increased my resilience. Last night I got woken up 3 or 4 times. That's normal. I feel OK. Also the children will motivate you to the long term goal of having more time with them and not being stuck at work for so many hours.

4. Do the equivalent of having children - maybe take a second job for a while to get used to the extra hours.

5. Give up TV.

6. Give up Caffeine.

7. Give up Alcohol

8. Give up Socializing

9. Learn to get an itchy feeling on any day you haven't taken action. It's a horrible feeling that keeps me glued to the laptop.

10. Therapy. This should be for everyone not for just the very depressed etc.

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Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and fro... by yitchelle on Friday November 21, 2014 @04:22PM (#8643440)

I seriously hope that "8) Give up Socializing" was a bit of a joke. I think that once this becomes the norm in your life, your life will suck big time.

Getting out there to engage and to talk other folk is great. A side bonus from this activity is that it is a great source of new ideas, just keep an open mind.

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