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Although I use clipless pedals on both my road and mountain bikes, most of the research I've seen recently suggests that clipless do not provide any efficiency gain. This video provides links to numerous peer reviewed articles on the topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUEaN9FKGLE. Of course I'm sure there is research that would suggest otherwise, and I would be interested in seeing counter arguments.
I signed up for pluralsight thinking I would use if for a month and then cancel. I ended up coming back to it whenever I wanted to learn something new, from AWS services to Angular, the content is just more consistent than other services I have used. The introductory Angular course taught by Deborah Kurata was fantastic and her manner of teaching is unlike any I have seen in software, Yay!
I had intense insomnia when I was younger. The points the author laid out helped me immensely - particularly limiting sleep. Specifically, I limited sleep to 7 hours a night, in bed at 10 and up at 5 no matter what. Additionally, as soon as got out of bed I exercised for 45 minutes. As the author mentioned the first couple weeks were brutal, exercising at 5 in the morning on 2 hours of sleep is not fun. After a couple months it stopped being so painful, and after 6 months I fall asleep in 1-2 minutes. I don't have children which I imagine would make this much more difficult. I also have a consistent work schedule which helps as well.
I have noticed in articles and blogs advocating for early retirement, a general sentiment that work is bad and actively reduces quality of life and is therefore something that should be avoided at all costs. While I do think working 60-70+ hours a week at a job you hate in order to spend money on convenience items isn't a great formula for a meaningful life, I am also not convinced that the only solution is to grind it out until one no longer has to work. Perhaps working toward a more meaningful career could be part of the equation as well, and wouldn't therefore require a scorched earth approach to finances
Vim with plugins. At this point I am the only one at my company who does not use VSCode, it would be nice to be able to share new tricks with someone...