Through trial and error, I established near-optimal habits and learned many more facts about which other habits I should add in skills so basic I'm too embarrassed to specify them.
Maybe you could do a post under another name in a few months about the embarrassing bits. You're probably not the only one who had problems with whatever it is.
This is the public group instrumental rationality diary for the week of October 15th. It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:
Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.
Thanks to everyone who contributes!
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