No Country for Old Men was great too, and it made a better transition to film than The Road, in my opinion.

I work for a training department for a large financial institution. I think I could explain it as teaching people how to do their job better. Though I don’t actually do much teaching, personally.

I’ve liked the Jackpot series, but I absolutely adore the Sprawl series. I also loved the bridge series.

I had to look up:

HHGTTG = The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

I tried to do a bunch of small things. No single thing was the key.

• started drinking my coffee black
• drink more water, and drink water instead of other things
• I take the stairs instead of elevator/escalator whenever possible
• I try not to eat seconds at dinner
• “Real” exercise (like running, rowing, etc.) every other day, but if I can squeeze in extra ones, (e.g., 2 days in a row), I go for it
• If I’m not up for real exercise, I’ll go for a walk
• intermittent fasting in the mornings, so often no breakfast, but not necessarily every day
• No snacking after 19:00
• At restaurants, if 2 options look good, go for the one with fewer calories

There are probably more, but those are the kinds of habits we’re talking about.

Also important: if you don’t stick to all habits, don’t beat yourself up about it.

With the above, I was able to get from a high of 235 lbs down to around 180. I’m a bit more than that right now, but pretty close still.

I’ve done both, though I have been typing mostly over the last couple of years.

There are those who feel that the act of writing by hand, while slower, can have benefits that typing doesn’t. Not sure I believe that, though I do believe that for some, hand writing is just the more enjoyable way to go.

For me, I write in Org Mode, which for this purpose is kind of like Markdown. I use Emacs on my computer, and an app called Plain Org on my phone.

Oh, I hadn’t heard of that.

BTW: what do you use now?

Been in early access for a little over 8 years, and it has been fun to see it evolve and grow over that time. They just announced that version 1.0 will release next year!

… I did not know that. Good tip!

On that note, you can edit titles in Lemmy, which you can’t do on Reddit. So that’s a pretty great upgrade.

Engine Summer by John Crowley. I’m only about 100 pages in, but liking it so far.

I loved the first Foundation, but never read beyond that, for some reason. I know I have the first trilogy around here somewhere. I should dig up the other ones.

Lifting: I definitely don’t like while I’m doing it.

Riding my bike though: it’s great to get out there early in the morning and explore, see nature, etc. with the bike, I also just like the feeling of speed, so the physical act of riding can actually be enjoyable.

To a lesser degree, the same can apply to running. I find that when I’ve been in better shape, I could experience that runner’s high.

I just swiped your comment a short way, so please enjoy your upvote (which I can confirm worked).

After you mentioned it, I had to check out Pi. I really liked it! If you haven’t seen it, you should check out David Lynch’s Eraserhead. I find it sort of similar, and also pretty fucked up.

I don’t know all of his stuff, though Mother! was pretty stressful to watch.

I’m gonna say: Requiem for a Dream

Starbucks coffee, and even more so, their tea. Just doesn’t seem like a good use of my money, since I can make it at home for a lot less money.

I like to make mistakes