New Habits for 2021

I'm reading Deep Learning for Coders with fastai and PyTorch to learn machine learning / deep learning. And the authors inspired beginners like me to start a blog to write down things I've learned and things I've found useful.

This is such a good idea. And so will mainly serve myself to record my journey in ML and DL as well as my passion in investment analysis and living a good life in general.

If you happen to come across my blog, I hope you'll find useful bits of info that gives you something new to think about.

Meanwhile, I'll just randomly share whatever comes to mind. There are 4 for today:

(1) ML/DL: Use and Build on Others' Successful Models

I guess this is like standing on the shoulders of giants. We should constantly study what works best (and what causes problems) and make it applicable to our needs. This is the idea of using pretrained models and transfer learning.

(2) Running: Know Your Limit, Take Care of Your Body and Listen To It

Super slow run (超慢跑) most days (and at least for warm-up before a serious training and cool-down after it). Slow down if your body is telling you so. Remember you're in this for "the long run." 

(3) Life's Short So Work Hard and Play Hard; Stop Wasting Time

Focus on what you must, so that you're aligned with your lifelong goals. Your words, actions, environment and relationships should all work together to help you get closer to your goals. Say what you mean and do what you say.

(4) Use Toys, Gadgets, Running Gear, etc. to Boost Your Confidence

It's all about making you feel better at doing what you have to do. So you will continue to do them day-in and day-out.

So my new daily habits will be:

1. Sleep, Eat, and Run Well

2. Be Kind + Helpful to People Around Me

3. Study Finance

4. Learn Python

5. Read Self-Help / Inspiring Stories

6. Write a Blog Post <new>