How to get a good night's sleep is the question ⁉️

There's this podcast " Huberman labs" - he's a Harvard neurological professor. In one of his early episodes, he exclusively covered how to get good with your sleep. Try it out

Software Engineer

I struggle with insomnia, the thing that works for me is getting some exercise/run in evening  
 Also avoiding screen 20-30 min before sleep, by doing night time routine like reading a book/journaling/ drawing/cleaning. 
  
 If overthinker like me then Let your thoughts pass through don't try to stop them. 
 Hope this helps someone ✌️

Software Developer

Mine: To run in the morning more than 4 days a week. For this I have to wake up at 7 am and take a good night sleep(these are also my resolutions)

What is your New Year Resolution

What is your New Year Resolution- Grapevine

Hey folks! 🚀 Let's talk resolutions and victories – because who doesn't love a good success story? Here's my journey so far:

1. Money Gains: Scored my first 12K of the year from an internship – setting the bar high for a year of wins!

2. Gym Grind Daily: Sweating it out at the gym every day for that glow-up journey. Who's with me?

3. Positivity Overload: Dodging negativity like a pro! Let's keep the good vibes flowing.

4. Zen Moments Daily: Found my daily dose of zen with a spiritual twist. Anyone else on a similar wavelength?

5. Homemade Happiness: Ditched eating out for homemade delights. Share your go-to recipes, let's swap foodie tips!

6. Routine Royalty: Mastering the art of routines, ensuring those 7-8 hours of sleep are non-negotiable.

Now spill the tea, fam! How are your resolutions going? 🤔 Let's inspire, motivate, and conquer 2024 together! Drop your wins below!

Join the Resolutions Revolution! 🌟 Here's How I'm Rocking 2024 - What About You?

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I want to focus on
- health, will join gym
- get into a relationship, I seriously want to be loved and love someone
- make new friends in new city that I will shift
- invest my money 
- develop my personality to more fun loving one than a serious one

My new year goals

Analyst

Started meditating now and use my Apple Watch for guidance. 

I wonder what other people are doing. Because I’m having some rough nights sleeping in due to anxiety.

Avoiding anxiolytics or beta blockers for now. Also avoiding a mental health therapist for as long as I can.

[Thread] How do you deal with stress?

Product Manager

It's only the 9th of Jan, stick to your resolutions kings and queens. Don't get derailed from your goals - remember that you were super motivated when you wrote them down. Being around mediocrity at office or on social media just derails you from what will make you great. 

Don't get derailed. Do what will really make you happy in a month :) 

P.S: I've been trying to follow mine with a lot of good rigor, and hence wrote this down. Want all of you to succeed and do well.

This is a New Year's Resolution status check 🚨🚨🚨

Growth Manager

What's the one thing you had wanted to change / start / stop doing this year - call it resolution at the beginning of the year? How are you doing on that? 

I wanted to get into a better rhythm on fitness and sustain the good eating habits from last year. 

Where am I? 

After a wasted JFM quarter, did somewhat okay in Apr, May and June. July has been not too bad. Baby steps: trying to get 3-4 hours in a week for fitness. I have realised habit formation is a function of stacking. When I workout on Saturday, I want to go to the gym on Sunday too and then on Monday and Tuesday and so on.. When I miss 2 days in a row, then I degrade to saying okay, let's start on Sunday - as a fresh week. Trying to break out of that and convincing myself today is as good as Sunday. :P Definitely improved, but a long way to go.

Would love to know about others here on and hope to get more inspiration. 

As they say, one day at a time. So do you want to wait till Jan'24? :)

7 months in, how are we doing on resolutions for the year?

Personally, I think the underlying factor for me has been being strict with myself. I try to work out 6x a week on a regular basis. Using my finances wisely with healthy meals. I mean, a burger from Louis Burger or a Pizza from Pizza Bakery is baller but in the long run that's a real killer. Finally, I have been trying to prioritize sleep which means don't scroll reels/social media for 30 minutes before bed if it is 1am already. 

What about you?

How do you manage your lifestyle for a healthy way of living?

And here I am eating junk food everyday and barely exercising 🙂 
 This gave me some motivation

What is that one habit that changed your life?

Going to the gym. Very underrated life lack, I’m less depressed that I was a couple of years back, reversed at least 3 years of age and helped me deal with chronic back pain by strengthening the lower back muscle. Only wish I knew this a decade back.

Finance Consultant

Goals for 2024

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Honestly, I thought the added allowance would be worth it. 

But I honestly hate the work I'm doing and everything about the office in general. 

I miss chilling out in the evenings after work like a normal person, I miss just being normal and not having weird sleep patterns.

I cry or am on the verge of crying almost everyday. 
At this point, I just want to quit and take a few weeks to feel normal and happier?

Of course, given the market, this would be a very stupid decision. Unfortunately all the jobs I'm getting are usually a pay cut.

I don't get how people, with MBAs, families and an active social life do this, honestly.
I have neither and I freaking hate it.

Would quitting be actually worth it for my overall health?

I'm miserable working the night shift.

Take the pay cut and come out of this nightshift. 
  
 This nightshift thing will f’up your health too.

Account Manager

People of Grapevine, how do you maintain (or try to maintain) a regular workout routine. How often do you workout and what do you do.

Workout Routine

Anyone who has cracked it?

Gym 4 days a week. 
 6-8 hrs of work + Leetcode daily + any one other productive item 
 My recreation is music. Listening and playing, that happens in the last 2 hours of the day. It gets replaced with going out generally. 
  
 I also do a trade off between items daily, as per priority, so it sort of works out. 
  
 Anymore items and I breakdown and need a break. So avoiding burnout while being productive is a daily thing. 
  
  
 The one thing. Read this book 4 months ago, did wonders for me mentally.

Staff Engineer

Consultant

Let me start by listing mine
1. Get into shape 💪 - I’ve set a target weight for myself, and a target muscle mass and body fat percentage 
2. One book a month 📕 - This is something I’ve tried over and over but never seemed to achieve.
3. Delve deeper into devops 🔄
4. Complete a few side projects I’ve had in my backlog for months
5. Quit smoking 🚭

What are yours?

Grapeviners, what are your goals for 2024?

I have only one goal for 2024. 
  
 No. More. Procrastination.  
  
 It has ruined my life enough already. 🙄

I've turned 27, roughly 3yoe earning 50k which is low but I'm upskilling. Currently due to layoffs, AI news and just a very unhealthy state of IT things are getting very depressing and I personally feel like I've already lost or missed in life. 
People are planning to get married around me everything is so sudden. 

People of grapevine, what advice would you want to give people like me who feel lost. 
Any general advice such as financial planning, lifestyle changes or just tech advice any advice which has helped you to live peacefully and comfortably would be greatly appreciated.

FOMO in tech

Advice : Please stop with the tutorial and enrolling in courses after course. Doesn't take you anywhere. Been there and done that.  
  
 You will end up with stupid clones which does seem like a value add in your resume. It's just there in everyone's resume.  
  
 Build one project, one solid project, maybe something to do with MFE. Not CRA react app but something with webpack if you prefer. Maybe a ecom app with seperate mfe for order and billing. Show the interaction between them, post on Twitter while you build. Share insights and maybe you will end up being in a recruiter's eye.

Frontend Engineer

Me at 4 AM when I have to get up for office at 7 AM

How do you keep yourself motivated and disciplined. I almost forgot that this is a new year. Yes, I'm supposed to be motivated and work on my resolutions 🥲, I often find myself settling for less and slipping into a comfort zone. 
Occasionally, I get bursts of motivation and make plans, but I struggle to stay on track. My attention span has reduced, and I easily get distracted, especially with phone notifications. I've tried digital well-being tools, but the real solution seems to be strict discipline. 

How do others tackle this issue? I'm eager to learn from different perspectives and strategies.

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