Ask HN: What is the biggest problem you've had this week?
Thinking of specific problems or annoyances from the last week is a nice way to limit the scope and be sure to return something that was recently affecting me. Please feel free to expand on this and put down any sort of list of problems you have. It would also be interesting to see what solutions to those problems you have tried.
I've been re-arranging my thinking more and more around "solving problems." I know this isn't revolutionary but I've been attempting to be less theoretical and more action oriented around this mindset. I would like to start pulling in other's experiences and opinions.
Here's a small, unordered list some of my top tier problems:
- PROBLEM: Good salary, low savings. - FAILED SOLUTIONS: budgets using google sheets, mint, recently started working with a financial advisor
- PROBLEM: 41 years old, no spouse or children but greatly desire starting a family. - FAILED SOLUTIONS: Had a few long term relationships. Other times I have tried spending time "working on myself" to become a better partner. Searched for potential partners
- PROBLEM: overweight - FAILED SOLUTIONS: I'm a bit of a yo-yo with this. I've tried various diets like paleo and also intermittent fasting.
- PROBLEM: I work at a well paying job but always longing to start my own company. - FAILED SOLUTIONS: I took a year just learning to build websites and tried to raise funding. Have built several products on nights and weekends since then, none of gotten significant traction.
I would love to hear others list some of their "top problems." Doing this had a two fold effect on me, one was helping to focus down on possible solutions that I may build a product around. But there was also a process of having to "admit" some of these things to myself. I think that was a good experience.