16:[[14302711,{"by":"samullen","descendants":15,"id":14302711,"kids":[14308836,14303347,14304072,14305144,14305750,14304043,14306514,14306248,14304360,14303990,14323931,14302751],"score":52,"text":"I've been freelance Rails developer for 8 years and have never wanted for work. Over the past six months, however, things seemed to have dried up. And it's not just me. I've spoken with devs in other languages, designers, devops, and writers and everyone's saying the same thing: work's slowing down.

A couple people think it's because companies are more optimistic and are therefore hiring full-time workers instead of contractors.

What do you think? Are you seeing the same downturn?","time":1494354956,"title":"Ask HN: Freelancing? How's Work?","type":"story"}],[14169470,{"by":"deepsy","descendants":3,"id":14169470,"kids":[14185791,14174024],"score":2,"text":"There are many similar threads with the same idea, but unfortunately most of them are over 2 years old. I'm opening a up to date thread, so you can share your newest side projects.","time":1492809260,"title":"Ask HN: What side projects are you working on? (up to date thread)","type":"story"}],[13941697,{"by":"jespr","descendants":1,"id":13941697,"kids":[13945816],"score":5,"time":1490288850,"title":"Show HN: Formbackend – you create the form, we collect the data","type":"story","url":"https://www.formbackend.com"}],[13492501,{"by":"pawelwentpawel","descendants":106,"id":13492501,"kids":[13492873,13493135,13493363,13492703,13493013,13492923,13492805,13492890,13493176,13492983,13499668,13493060,13492884,13492834,13493068,13493664,13506646,13493515,13494496,13492959,13493306,13492783,13493099,13531886,13492986,13493710,13507074,13495830,13493422,13492932,13505362,13493572,13494133,13495855,13492943,13492858,13492865,13495735,13495016,13492882,13493383,13494738,13493001,13494329,13493382,13493003,13492913,13492900,13493046,13493123,13500737,13558091,13493181,13492857,13494629,13493139,13492747,13492924,13493310,13497471,13515877,13497521,13503730,13493390,13493268,13492998],"score":137,"text":"Hey all,

I have been keeping a personal journal for a bit more than 2 years now. Mostly for the purpose of retrospective analysis, tracking my goals, challenges and general mood. For now I was just dropping my thoughts into a simple text file with timestamps. I'm looking to improve in this area through tracking things more systematically and developing a stronger habit. I have some general questions to the community here :

Do you keep a personal journal?

If yes, do you find it useful?

What tools would you recommend?

Is there any specific methodology that you follow?

When journaling, do you try to track any specific aspects of your life or just write about anything that is currently occupying your mind?

Any advice on how to get the most out of personal journaling?

Thanks for the answers!

tl;dr : I'm looking for your advice on journaling.","time":1485447016,"title":"Ask HN: Do you keep a personal journal?","type":"story"}],[13551598,{"by":"jespr","descendants":1,"id":13551598,"kids":[13551606],"score":2,"time":1486052112,"title":"Show HN: MyDailyLife – simple habit-forming online journal","type":"story","url":"https://mydailylife.co"}],[13359237,{"by":"wiplo","descendants":13,"id":13359237,"kids":[13364970,13361733,13360647,13372362,13370987,13359378,13367143],"score":13,"time":1483991592,"title":"Show HN: Wiplo – A beautiful Trello replacement","type":"story","url":"https://www.wiplo.com"}],[13043958,{"by":"liampmccabe","descendants":91,"id":13043958,"kids":[13044518,13044381,13044426,13044764,13044473,13044873,13044437,13044462,13044035,13044444,13044537,13044405,13044576,13044430,13044508,13053989,13044461,13046190,13044545,13044445,13044531,13044485,13045827,13044393,13044441,13045830,13044568,13044593,13045332,13056412,13044640,13050384,13044582,13044584,13044561,13044417,13044559,13044775,13044505,13044620,13044792,13044478,13044677,13045817,13046097,13048171,13044298,13046355,13044459,13053723,13044596,13044418,13044763,13058805,13048280,13044450,13044085,13044451,13045665,13047479,13049967,13044542,13060356,13044408,13044558,13046688,13044501],"score":46,"text":"A common post, but one I always find a good source of inspiration. Happy Weekend!","time":1480173856,"title":"Ask HN: What projects are you currently working on?","type":"story"}]]

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