Could be a person, book, diet, lifestyle change or really anything you think had a very positive impact on your life.
Ask HN: What is something that had the largest positive impact on your life?
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#2Spending less time on the internet, and more time in real life.
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#3Ritalin.
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#4Moving to another country.
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#5My family always ate wholegrain products when available, many years ago gave up adding sugar to tea/coffee and reduced all sugar consumption. Ultimately switched to Mediterranean diet (not for weight loss) due to its excellent health benefits.
Became aware of the Pareto Principle and how often it applies to every day situations. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/04/health/mediterranean-diet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
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#6Moving to another country.
Do you mind explaining? What country did you leave / moved to?
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#7Going full indie.
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#8For me it's my religion. I say religion to encompass: things I personally believe, the core teachings of my faith ("the gospel"), and the church that supports it.
I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's not a perfect church, and there's definitely some weird stuff in the culture that it's so often tied to. I don't like a lot of the strange tacked-on culture stuff. And I don't think the organization is perfect.
That said, I am deeply grateful that I'm a member of this church because it's given me so many chances to help people from very different walks of life that I wouldn't have come into contact with otherwise. I've gotten practice teaching, running meetings, getting out of my comfort zone, helping others, getting help myself.
Then there's the gospel: I've gone through life much happier believing that there's a purpose to life, that death isn't the end, that family can be together forever. Christ's teachings have pushed me to be a kinder, more understanding, and more forgiving person than I otherwise would have been.
I know there are plenty of atheist and anti-theists here. I respect you! I hope you can appreciate that my religion has done fantastic good in my and my family's life.
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#9WFH.
- Save 10+ hours a week in commuting. - Save $$ on lunch - Spend more time with my family. - Get more done in both work and personal stuff.
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#10Moving to another country.
Do you mind explaining? What country did you leave / moved to?
From Germany to Cyprus (island/country in the Mediterranean Sea). Could speak hours about that but to name some bullet points about the pro sides:
* Weather (over 300 sun days)
* Health improvements
* doing more outdoor sports (e.g. swimming in the sea)
* Culture difference, Cypriots are friendly people
* Living a slower paced life (and different life)
* More (new) friends than ever
* Lower taxes
* Lower cost of living
* Less crime
* More freedom (personal and business wise)