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Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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Ask HN: What are the changes you made in your life and never look back?

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I'm interested to hear what are the changes fellow HNers made in their life and never look back again. It could be anything.

For me:

* Inkjet Printer => LaserJet Printer

* PC => Mac

* Monthly Gym Membership => Home Gym

* Sitting all day => Standing Desk

* Shall-not-be-named-sucky-cloud-storage => DropBox

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PC -> Mac

Over-the-counter banking -> Internet banking

Feature phone -> Smartphone

Mouse with no wheel -> One with wheel (and currently Magic mouse)

Own hosted email/Yahoo -> Gmail (or Google Apps for Business)

Dock at the bottom (both Windows and Mac) -> Dock on the left

Unmanaged music collection -> iTunes

No specific editor -> MacVim

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post #5

When did you change to the standing desk? I heard people grow tired of it after a couple of months. 3G internet connection => Hardline Living in suburbs => Living in the city center

I've changed to standing desk for more than 9 months. Couldn't live without it now.

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Mouse => Wacom Tablet

Saved me from carpal tunnel syndrome (I already had the early signs).

Inkjet Printer => LaserJet Printer

Didnt't realize how much I was missing. The time savings alone makes it worth it.

Design Major => Psychology Major

Sometimes it's true what they say, everything in moderation. Once I left art school, I found my passion for design again.

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post #5

When did you change to the standing desk? I heard people grow tired of it after a couple of months. 3G internet connection => Hardline Living in suburbs => Living in the city center

I've changed to standing desk for more than 9 months. Couldn't live without it now.

I'm curious, how do you handle long periods of standing? Just resting? I can't imagine standing for hours doing computer work.
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