My kiddo and I are having a fruit and vegetable challenge. Each month we’ll seek out a fruit or vegetable we’ve never tried and taste it. My BFF is trying to walk all the greenways in our county (that is county not country, low stakes! Attainabl!). How about you?

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    11 months ago

    I used to read all the time, now I almost never read anything.

    So this year I’m resolving to read one book, any book, then I’ll move foward from there.

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      After Reddit shut off 3rd party apps, I came here and resolved to read more. In the previous decade I had read maybe 2 books. I think your resolution is achievable but i would make it ridiculously achievable of reading like 1 min a day.

      The habit of reading is what you want and the books will come after that and chances are you will read much longer. Don’t read anything you “should” be reading. Get a “popcorn flick” equivalent that you interests you and isn’t challenging.

      Here is what I have read since June.

      Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

      Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel

      Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

      Shogun by James Clavell

      Circe by Madeline Miller

      The Secret History by Donna Tartt

      The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

      I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

      The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

      The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

      Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

      Wool by Hugh Howey

      Shift by Hugh Howey

      Dust by Hugh Howey

      Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

      A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge

      (Reading) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

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        I’d recommend getting into Asimov’s Foundation series. I, Robot is kind of a meh book from him, Imo (I’ve read all his fiction work)

        Also take a look at Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park) and Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey).

        I’d also recommend Heinlein, but his books do get pretty “pervy misogynistic old man harem fantasies” in his later years.

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          Great recommendations. I want to read the foundation series, I’m enjoying the show, but the wait time on Libby is really long. Michael Crichton is one of my favorite authors. I do need to read some of Clarke’s books but it almost suffers from “classical” must read avoidance I have lol

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            If Asimov’s Robots series has a shorter/no wait I think they’re worth reading. Maybe not as exciting as the Empire and Foundation series, but it’s interesting background- the evolution of robots, positronic brains, robot/human relations, jump ships, space colonization, human clones. Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and Robots of Dawn are murder mystery detective stories that advance the robot plot.

            Asimov recommended reading his books in this order:

            The Complete Robot (1982) and/or I, Robot (1950)

            Caves of Steel (1954)

            The Naked Sun (1957)

            The Robots of Dawn (1983)

            Robots and Empire (1985)

            The Currents of Space (1952)

            The Stars, Like Dust (1951)

            Pebble in the Sky (1950)

            Prelude to Foundation (1988)

            Note: Forward the Foundation (1993) was then unpublished, but would have followed Prelude.

            Foundation (1951)

            Foundation and Empire (1952)

            Second Foundation (1953)

            Foundation’s Edge (1982)

            Foundation and Earth (1986)

            https://more.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1584219139/1735833849

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              I appreciate the recommendation and listing them out! That is actually helpful as I don’t like searching up which book is next.

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        10 months ago

        If you aren’t already in it, it sounds like you belong in the sci-fi community on Lemmy.world, some of those were books of the month recently.

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          I am and that’s why I read the books. I do need to get better about going into particular communities to help drive their growth.

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      If you are in Canada or the US I can’t recommend the Libby app highly enough - books, audiobooks and magazines borrowed to your devices from your local Library. Looking at the last 5 years of borrowing it has saved me (pirating probably) thousands of dollars of audiobooks, and having an endless supply of audiobooks with zero cost really encourages reading.

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      I did this in 2021. This year I consumed 13 books (7 audio, 6 paper). Wishing you and your love for reading the best!

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      I recommend finding a movie you love that was a book first and reading it. I’m an extremely picky reader and I did this with Dune and LOVED it. Hasn’t gotten me much further but this may help kickstart your love of reading again.

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      I recommend starting with young adult novels. There are a lot of great ones and they are easy to get into. Large fonts makes fast reading. They generally have an interesting theme and simple plot. Great way to get started. Trying to go from nothing to something complex like Infinite Jest is a recipe to fail.

      They aren’t all love triangles anymore

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      I suggest the Wheel of Time Omnibus edition. Available on Kindle for $148, 14k+ pages, great one book solution to your re-solution.

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      11 months ago

      That first hit when you get back will feel great I imagine. Enjoy the crazy dreams for the first couple weeks!

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    Mine is really just getting back into working out. I kept trying to go too hard after my shoulder surgery and kept pulling muscles (not in my shoulder), so I’ve taken like an 8 month break to let my body heal. This time I’m starting with my goal being 30 reps with perfect form at 5lb and going from there.

    It sucks losing a bunch of muscle mass that you busted your ass to get, but luckily it’s easier to regain it than to grow it the first time.

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      That sounds serious and high-stakes.

      On that note, my resolution is spending more time socializing with people. It’s getting too drafty in here.

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    My plan is to watch less movies, anime, YouTube. Instead go out and meet new people more often

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    My goals are to lose 10 pounds by the end of the year and get my heart in better shape. I gained 30 pounds over Covid and will attempt to lose weight at the same rate I gained it

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    I’ve started painting 10-15 minutes every day and I want to keep that up. I fell off reading nonfiction so I’m planning to start that again.

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    Cook one meal from a different country every month. I’ve always loved cooking and I have a partner who is equally as enthusiastic to eat it with me! The foods have to be something I’ve never cooked before. Some can be ones I’ve eaten before, so I have something to compare to. I’m thinking of starting with traditional foods from Afghanistan, Russia, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Uyghur…

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      Do you know sorted foods on youtube? They have a bunch of different series, one where they do just that, going in alphabetical order from A-Z and then drawing a random country starting with that letter, and then cooking the national dish plus some community recommendations. It’s quite fun!

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        Oh, no I haven’t, but thank you for the share, I’ll go take a look. Going out to eat has gone up in price so much that it is pushing me to learn to cook my favourite dishes, and explore flavours I would otherwise never have tasted before.

        Something else I had planned to do was once a month, my partner and I write down three countries (six between us) we want to visit or re visit on small pieces of paper. We put them in a cup and draw three countries: First is the main meal, second is dessert, third is an activity.

        Definitely more effort involved but it gets him to expand his culinary skills past pasta and chicken wraps.

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          That sounds like an awesome idea, I might steal that! Thanks for the inspiration! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

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    I make one new years resolution every year, to not make any other new years resolutions.

    So far it is going great!

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    My son and I got an Ender 3 Pro 3D printer for Christmas from a family friend who scored one from a print farm for cheap. She also gave us upgrades and we’ve been learning how to print. Already successfully printed a calibration cube and master sword. We have a bunch of functional prints we want to tackle so it’s been a fun learning experience for both of us.

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    This is probably one of the most common resolutions…but I’m going to (continue) to work out.

    I started a strength training program in the beginning of November and have been consistently hitting the gym 3 days a week. It’s been great for both my physical and mental health.