Faahim

Hey #javascript and #reactjs folks, what's your favourite resource for understanding Promise and async/await? What made it tick for you? Every time I read on it, I feel like I understood it. But I feel super confused when I try to use them in my code

2019 has been a remarkable year. I'm very grateful for everything but I also think I played it a little too safe. Hope 2020 brings more excitement, joy and happiness for everyone. Here's to the new decade!

I think that pretty much wraps it up? What made your 2019 great? Please share! Feel free to shoot me any questions too! I want to thank everyone I follow on Twitter. I don't engage much, but I learn a lot from ya' all! You've all been great! Thank you so much!

Things I'm looking forward to in 2020: - changing my mindset & be more courageous about deciding what I can/can't do - to improve in the areas I've failed in 2019 - to be active in a community - to spend more time with family and outside - travelling for longer length

- Writing: I planned to write at least one blog post/month and after 12 months, I've written 0. - Learning: Life taught a lot, sure. But I failed all of my programming related learning goals (coming for ya, Node & TS ).

Biggest fails: - Sleep: Writing this at 4AM. Tried the entire year to improve when and how much I sleep but failed miserably. Affected my social life terribly. - Being in touch: I lost connection with most friends and at times, I feel extremely out of touch now (aka lonely)

- @dan_abramov: I follow a lot of people in the coding community who I think of as my programming idol. But I'd like to be not just a programmer, but a person like Dan too!

- @orangebook_: Makes my neuron spark with great ideas every time I land on Twitter. Follow him. - @waitbutwhy: Tim Urban from WaitButWhy. I wish I could hijack the mental framework his brain runs on.

- @elonmusk: If he didn't exist, my life would be a little less exciting. My bucket list has 1 item in it — watching the world go by from the space (ISS, maybe?). Elon is the one who gave me the courage to put it there.

People that influenced me the most: - @naval: "Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want." — this man taught me more about life than anything else. If I could pick anyone in the world to have dinner with, it'd be him.

- Fasting & Push-ups: I try to do 16 hours fast and 30 push-ups every day. Haven't really made any visible difference so far. But it made enough of a difference to feel I *can* influence my body and god, that's an empowering feeling!

Habits that improved day-to-day life: - Reading: I made a habit of reading ~30min in the morning and I never wanna stop. - Journaling: Been doing it only about 2 months and I already feel weird on days I don't do it. Greatly helps to be in touch with myself.

Best purchase of the year: - Monitor: I was using a laptop with 720p screen earlier this year and got a Dell S2218H (1080p) screen. My eyes loved it. Made me more productive too. - BT Earphone: Got a Soundcore Spirit Pro. Getting rid of the wires was extremely liberating.

- @gatsbyjs: It combined my fav techs & made building websites super fun! Songs I had on repeat: There's a ton! If I really had to pick only one, it'd be Evasion by @CloZeeOfficial Still in love with Gone In Bloom And Bough by @caspian which was my most favourite in 2018.

Things that made me most excited: - @SpaceX: Made me fall in love with space all over again. Wanna see a beautiful earth-set on Mars before I die. - @SpaceXStarlink: The thought of having true high-speed internet at my village home (or anywhere else) makes me super excited!

Apps that really made life easier: - @moneyloverapp: Kept record of my expenses and it was super helpful. - @instapaper: Bedtime reading is now much more pleasurable. - @googlephotos: Thousands of my snaps, organised and backed up. - @zerofasting: Tracking fasts, easy and fun.

Products I'll cry for if they stop existing: - @NotionHQ: Not sure what to call it, a note-taking app? Can't live a day without it! - @figmadesign: The only reason I dare think about design. - @toggl: Made it super easy to track time - @code: Makes me wanna code more