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What language study methods have folks here had success with? I'm working full-time and doing side hustles so I'm pretty tired at the end of the day.

I've tried setting aside an hour in the morning for Duolingo or Anki but 1. I absolutely hate them, it's so boring and painful and the words I learn never come up in conversation 2. it's so tempting to skip it and get started on "real work".

Ideas?

I'm currently changing my NYC spending from "comfortable software engineer salary" to "startup founder" to prepare for someday leaving my job and concentrating on a startup. Current plan is to move to decrease rent (maybe go back to having roommates), cook instead of seamless, ride my bike more, and try to decrease my student loan payments.

Anyone have any other ideas or tips? I've been a digital nomad before so I might do that too for a while once I get some traction, but I really like it here in New York for a lot of reasons, the QoL here is just phenomenal, best in the world.

What is important to you personally? Online portfolio of previous projects, deployed and running? Github of web app/native app code? Github of algorithm exercise solutions? Blog? What kind of blog posts? Complete LinkedIn profile?

Title says it all, I'm setting up a home office and am going to buy myself a nice sit/stand desk.