[ale] New Year's Dissolutions

[Jeff Hubbs]

On 9/18/17 12:00 PM, leam hall wrote:
> Jerald's comment about the career usefulness of Docker or similar got 
> me to thinking. I have a server laying around that could host CoreOS. 
> If not then Goodwill has cheap used boxes.
Depends on the Goodwill; some don't resell donated hardware and that's 
likely subject to change from week to week or month to month. I have 
seen some very workable 64-bit boxes at Goodwills that were reselling. 
My most recent salvage win was a four-core 32-bit Dell with four SATA 
drives on a hardware RAID controller for the cost of lifiting it off the 
pavement at the Dekalb recycling center on Memorial Drive. Brought it 
home; Gentooed it up - works perfectly.
>
> I have a full plate now as well, which also got me to thinking. What 
> drops? Learning Python? OOP? Ansible? Fiction writing?
>
> Each year I engage in "New Year's Dissolutions". Pretty much 
> everything that I can stop doing gets stopped on December First. I'll 
> still eat, work, and smooch with the wife, but almost everything else 
> gets dropped.
>
> December is the month to reflect on how well I met the year's goals 
> and to honestly answer how much I enjoyed, or didn't enjoy, reaching 
> that goal. Once my head is clear I start on the next year's goals and 
> plans.
>
> The years I have failed to do this have been emotionally costly. I 
> encourage the practice. Take things like Docker and put them in your 
> "Dissolutions" folder. When it's time to clean mental house and start 
> the next plan, there it will be.
>
> Leam
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