I take it with a grain of salt, but there's a lot of interesting thoughts on the question here: https://theancientwisdomproject.com/
Ask HN: As an adult introvertish nerd what makes you happy?
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#103I started playing tennis and I loved it. It's non-contact, you have to be thinking all the time and it's outside (often in the sun). I am happy when I play (or even watch) tennis. Then (warning, plug ahead) I started a D3.js project (to keep skills fresh) to visualize data about tennis strings and rackets[1] to understand them better, ... ... which devolved in keeping my rackets/strings on that same app, which later…
I feel like your word "devolved" would be better served by "evolved" :)
Haha, yeah. It has not born much fruit yet, so it still feels like a bit of a loss, except I did learn a lot by doing.
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#104Even as an introvert it's always people. After college, before getting married my (now) wife and I had the same problem - but we noticed it wasn't just us: everyone we knew felt lonely. We decided to start getting together with all our friends and acquaintances almost every night after work. We hosted or set it up for about two weeks before it took on a life of its own and we didn't have to be present for each night;…
Almost every night! wow. Gotta try this.
I started with every night to make it a habit. Afterwards it was simply calling around to find out who had set something up. And when the mood struck I'd head to the Clay studio and spend some quality time with inanimate objects. It was awesome.
Re: Ask HN: As an adult introvertish nerd what makes you happy?
#105Even as an introvert it's always people. After college, before getting married my (now) wife and I had the same problem - but we noticed it wasn't just us: everyone we knew felt lonely. We decided to start getting together with all our friends and acquaintances almost every night after work. We hosted or set it up for about two weeks before it took on a life of its own and we didn't have to be present for each night;…
I'm pretty lonely too, but I have two problems: 1. I don't feel like I have enough energy to do things after work, and I find myself unable to socialize for long periods of time. 2. My friends, or at least friends I know in the real world, are running into number 1, and often have different work schedules anyways. Modern society feels isolating. When I try to be social, I find many people are disinterested. I myself…
1. Right, that's why we started it with dinner at first. It was pretty much always grilling something or heading out for chicken wings...
2. A wide catchment is key here. It's not just one or two people to start with, it's an open invite to everyone for a time boxed meal, drink or irritating party game.
It's exhausting at first. Kind of like working out.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm pretty lonely too, but I have two problems: 1. I don't feel like I have enough energy to do things after work, and I find myself unable to socialize for long periods of time. 2. My friends, or at least friends I know in the real world, are running into number 1, and often have different work schedules anyways. Modern society feels isolating. When I try to be social, I find many people are disinterested. I myself…
I think the obsession of many modern workplaces with “team stuff” is making things pretty hard for some introverts. If I could work (truly —- i.e. no interruptions at all unlesss something’s on fire) solo for a couple of days a week, I suspect I’d be a whole lot more sociable in the evenings...
No work from home option for you? Can't take Tuesday Thursday to get stuff done?
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the obsession of many modern workplaces with “team stuff” is making things pretty hard for some introverts. If I could work (truly —- i.e. no interruptions at all unlesss something’s on fire) solo for a couple of days a week, I suspect I’d be a whole lot more sociable in the evenings...
No work from home option for you? Can't take Tuesday Thursday to get stuff done?
I do to an extent, and certainly appreciate it!
But it’s hard to disconnect completely when everyone else is at work. Having a corporate chat system doesn’t help in this regard, but even without that the interruptions come.
A couple of times last year I ended up doing a fullish day of work at the weekend for some or other urgent project. Now that I find amazingly productive, going on outright invigorating. Not something I really want to make a habit of though (family, plus no shortage of ideas for side projects).
I do dream of true team-of-one jobs...
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#108Sitting in my man cave [1] working on my projects [2].
[1] https://opyate.com/posts/2016/10/17/my-new-home-office.html
[2] See my profile
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#109Reg. last point:
I think there is a little dissatisfaction deep down in all of us. i.e there is a little yin in our yang and vice-versa.
But i often wondered why is that, the answer i found is thats whats help move us forward, that little unstability. I donno maybe its life's design.
The more you think about it, more you will like this idea and see positive relaxed in tough situations.
But, that little deep pain is really bad on arrival. Meditations and mind tools works great for me, in these situations.
something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PkrhH-bkpk
Re: Ask HN: As an adult introvertish nerd what makes you happy?
#110Get a proper hobby. I would suggest miniquad/fpv. Check YouTube for Mr Steele to see what i‘m talking about. Its a wonderful balance to everything else.