From 9f5e98736e6dfd8a837e9334e7294cde36bb7b75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 17:36:16 +0800 Subject: New post: random/life_goals --- docs/random/life_goals.md | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/random/life_goals.md diff --git a/docs/random/life_goals.md b/docs/random/life_goals.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d1dda7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/random/life_goals.md @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +# My Life Goals + +Last updated 2022-05-03 + +My life sucks. That's why I constantly think about dying. Don't worry, +I won't do it *right* now, but it's a prudent act to list out all the +things I want to try before I do. And when I've tried them, I cross them +out. + +These may be unrealistic but I don't give an imaginary shit. I might +remove some if I please. I might, at one point, go "screw it" and abandon +the list altogether. Future Me is unpredictable. + +There's some cross-referencing among the items, so I've added labels in +__boldface__ and/or dependencies (dep) in parentheses where necessary. + +## Art +- Learn bass (__bass__) +- Get enough vocal training to not sound terrible +- Learn basic music theory +- Start playing drums again (__drum__) +- Join a rock band as bassist (dep: bass) or drummer (dep: drum) +- Go to a twenty øne piløts concert in every album cycle (dep: us-uni) +- Buy Trench (2018) on CD or cassette +- Go to an IDKHOW concert (dep: us-uni) + +## University +- Get a second bachelor's degree and/or a master's in a US university + (__us-uni__) +- Publish a paper of some sort somewhere and snail mail my friends a copy + of it +- Become head of tech dep't of student union + +## Engineering +- Get access to a machine shop, learn to use the lathe, milling machine, + and electric drill +- Learn to make PCBs like a professional (__pro-pcb__, dep: reflow) +- Get an oscilloscope and learn to use it +- Get a reflow oven and learn to use it (__reflow__) +- Try more embedded development +- Get a PinePhone Pro and hack it +- This is gonna sound like an sponsorship but it's not. Get a Pinecil, + PineTab, PinePower, PineNote and PineBuds +- Make a submarine. Around 2 liters in volume, uncrewed (obviously) +- Make my kid(s) a custom calculator to avoid those lame Casios, assuming + they'd still use those for math 20 years later (dep: kid, pro-pcb) +- Go to my high school machine shop and help out my engineering teacher + and his FRC team +- Host workshops about electronics (dep: pro-pcb) +- Learn to make better 3D models +- Learn to operate a 3D printer +- Design a PCB namecard that is functional in at least one way +- Document development of a project in a video + +## Computer +- DIY a desktop computer, which conceivably will run Arch Linux and KDE +- Get a proper OpenWRT router at home +- Configure neovim "just the way I want" and not change it in one year +- Get a secondhand ThinkPad T420 + +## Travel +- Visit Köln (Cologne) +- Visit the Netherlands +- Visit Shenzhen +- Visit Taipei +- Go to the beach + +## Miscellaneous +- Attend a convention of any kind +- Observe a furry convention (but not participate) +- Get a ham radio license and buy a handheld station +- Eliminate as much meat as possible from diet +- Declare myself expert in at least one thing +- Own a cat (probably two) +- Read all books by Karl Marx +- Get a semi-professional filming rig with a greenscreen and stuff +- Have one or more kids (__kid__) +- Get my own credit card +- Install solar panels somewhere +- Seek revenge on that one roommate whose gaming noise keeps me up at + night +- Drink tiny amount of vodka +- Participate in a protest, verbal or physical +- Host a technical talk on a conference +- Steer employer (if any) into FOSS'ing a software project +- Co-author an IETF RFC -- cgit v1.2.3