Basically everything from the age of 11 onward. I can't think of a single thing I'd do the same if I could do it all again, but probably my biggest would be not to go to university. I was too young and naive and the absolutely last thing I wanted to was work hard and study, and it had the biggest impact in terms of the direction my life took.
Ask HN: What's Your Biggest Regret?
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#442Not spending more time being young. I never really got the chance. Due to life circumstances I had to begin working basically as young as you can work in America. I've never had a free summer, never rushed a frat, never went to dances, etc. At the time it didn't bother me but now I'm older I've seen the effects. I similarly did nothing but school and work to pay bills in college. This has had such a profound effect o…
You know, with that background I bet everyone holds you up as an ideal of someone who has their shit together, and didn't waste huge parts of their life.
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#443To everyone in this thread, a piece of advice I didn't initially believe but over many years I have understood more: "everyone loses 10 years to something, somewhere along the line"
This is immensely helpful. Thank you for passing it along.
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#444Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mined a few bitcoins on a GPU back in the beginning, but threw them away as useless. In hindsight...
If it's any consolation, while they may not be worthless, they're still useless.
I have "a friend" that buys drugs online to great success and BTC makes it much easier than it's ever been
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Biggest Regret?
#445Not spending more time being young. I never really got the chance. Due to life circumstances I had to begin working basically as young as you can work in America. I've never had a free summer, never rushed a frat, never went to dances, etc. At the time it didn't bother me but now I'm older I've seen the effects. I similarly did nothing but school and work to pay bills in college. This has had such a profound effect o…
You know, with that background I bet everyone holds you up as an ideal of someone who has their shit together, and didn't waste huge parts of their life.
I guess you could say I have my shit together. It's strange how true grass-is-always greener is. People who did a lot of "fun" stuff growing up wish they were more serious. I wish I had time to be less serious. Life is funny in that way, isn't it?
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#446Going to try and repost this comment because from what I can tell it was shadow banned, maybe for use of a word that triggered a filter? Most of these I have made peace with and addressed in my life now, but historically, these have been my biggest regrets: Becoming addicted to prngrfy and mstrbtion in my early teens and staying addicted throughout my 20s. I have been sober for years now, and for me, it was only poss…
Lifting heavy will stimulate testosterone production. You probably won't need TRT if you continue to lift.
There are conflicting studies around this, but even for the ones that do show an increase, it is absolutely minuscule compared to actual TRT. There is no reasonable natural solutions for overcoming low testosterone symptoms.
Re: Ask HN: What's Your Biggest Regret?
#447Going to try and repost this comment because from what I can tell it was shadow banned, maybe for use of a word that triggered a filter? Most of these I have made peace with and addressed in my life now, but historically, these have been my biggest regrets: Becoming addicted to prngrfy and mstrbtion in my early teens and staying addicted throughout my 20s. I have been sober for years now, and for me, it was only poss…
Your other comment is showing for me
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#448I'm 25 and I've never really been in a relationship. I'm an attractive guy but I've consistently punched below my weight class with women. Most women that I've actually been interested in I've been too scared to actually make a move. Now I'm in the south bay and while my career is nice I just practically never have random encounters with women and it's getting me really down. I'm going to be moving to SF soon to hope…
Careful, you are young, don't wait and hope that things will get better without you doing something to change the situation. Ask for help now. Don't wait until you are 35,45,55,65...
The best thing you can do now is act and do something. Failure is better than no action.
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#449Not spending more time being young. I never really got the chance. Due to life circumstances I had to begin working basically as young as you can work in America. I've never had a free summer, never rushed a frat, never went to dances, etc. At the time it didn't bother me but now I'm older I've seen the effects. I similarly did nothing but school and work to pay bills in college. This has had such a profound effect o…
I also like Pink Floyd's Time. It also really reasonates with me.
In the song, the young folks waste/enjoy their time when they are young. You spent your time working. In the song they spent their time laying in the sun and staying home to watch the rain. Actually it seems like a pleasant youth, but then they later they regret it. I guess they had hustle culture in the UK in the 70s too.
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#450Not learning how to invest my money in early 20’s instead of spending it all on crap I didn’t need and not having the foresight to know I could have been in a much better position today financially had I just put my money away in the market rather than lighting it on fire with stupid material purchases that are in a landfill somewhere today.
If you are young and have an income stream, do your future self a favor and invest in a diversified fund as much as you can and a 401k and don’t touch it until you’re ready to retire. Compound growth is insane.