why does spending way less than you make imply hating your job and being miserable? i dont think the idea of spending money as a primary mechanism for life happiness holds up. if you're a happy person internally it doesn't really matter if you use cheap hand towels at home or silk ones- it doesn't matter if you're eating filet mignon or chicken legs.
> hoping once you have a huge nest egg, you can make yourself happy!
this is a super uncharitable way of putting the ideas of fi. i would suggest the idea is more like "learn to view money as apart from happiness and recognize that the things that make you happy are more on the intrinsic side of things- self growth, real relationships with people near you, serving others and dont waste the time you have on earth by giving it to some corporation or other entitiy unless you want to"
I have a small fledgling app that I've been making in blitz for a few weeks now and it's been a pretty lovely experience. The whole api abstraction they've implemented is really dynamite. What attracted me initially to blitz is that it's basically the only ways to do a nodejs app that's fully typed all the way through from db to templates out of the box.
imo a large keyboard is good to start with as most people will be used to having a large standard keyboard. what i've done is, using qmk, slowly updated my keyboard to make less and less use of keys that i wouldn't have on a 3x5 dactyl. it allows me to make my changes slowly but still develop the habits to get away from the number row and what not all while finding what works well for me
this made me think of what my take on "Cooking for Engineers" would be- roughly based on what I do personally.
essential gear would be a chef's knife, a stainless or cast iron pan, a nonstick pan, a large dutch oven, a sous vide circulator w a large bucket, a 10qt instant pot, and a vacuum sealer.
learn braising, roasting, sauteeing, and baking (veggies and proteins)
whenever you cook something where you can make extra, make a LOT extra, keeps a couple portions and vacuum seal the rest off and freeze them flat (keep your freezer really well organized)
find your core recipes and keep those perpetually in the freezer in small portions
learn to improvise and make gold out of whatever's in the kitchen (if you need inspiration, watch chopped)
> hoping once you have a huge nest egg, you can make yourself happy!
this is a super uncharitable way of putting the ideas of fi. i would suggest the idea is more like "learn to view money as apart from happiness and recognize that the things that make you happy are more on the intrinsic side of things- self growth, real relationships with people near you, serving others and dont waste the time you have on earth by giving it to some corporation or other entitiy unless you want to"