[ale] New Year's Dissolutions

[leam hall]

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.

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

[Jeff Hubbs]

Post by leam hall
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.

Post by leam hall
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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