Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?

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Post by lightningstorm » Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 6:10 PM UTC

zinghaboi wrote: post #22

I figured out that people bond with other people better by engaging in 'wasteful activities'. I figured out the importance of "fitting in". It is funny but I couldn't realize it in the first 24 years of my life. I had never needed to make others happy. At work, I would go about my stuff and didn't have to bother about what others thought (as long as my work was being done). In College, I could simply ace exams and di…

As someone who is also learning this, I can relate that it must be hard jumping to a sales role right away.

Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?

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Post by lightningstorm » Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 6:18 PM UTC

How many online courses are available and how it's possible to learn all the things I missed learning earlier in my life, practically for free.

Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?

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Post by koide » Sun, Dec 27, 2015, 9:00 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #60

olegious wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check out reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness - the FAQ has a great routine you can do at home.

Another great resource for bodyweight and "bodyweight+" workouts is Scrapper's page at http://www.trainforstrength.com Check out the "Sandbag Death" and "Swings and Sprints" workouts.

I love fitnessblender.com They have plenty of wonderful routines, bodyweight only or not, of low difficulty going up to 90 minutes high difficulty sweat fests.

Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?

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Post by sarciszewski » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 11:25 PM UTC

I learned that no matter how hard I try, the world only rewards winners, and I am not one.

Re: Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?

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Post by Nadya » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 11:35 PM UTC

Rainymood wrote: post #64

zinghaboi wrote: post #22

I figured out that people bond with other people better by engaging in 'wasteful activities'. I figured out the importance of "fitting in". It is funny but I couldn't realize it in the first 24 years of my life. I had never needed to make others happy. At work, I would go about my stuff and didn't have to bother about what others thought (as long as my work was being done). In College, I could simply ace exams and di…

>People around me have always engaged in things that seemed excessively wasteful to me (going to movies, partying, drinking) How are these activities wasteful? Please elaborate. What activities would you not consider to be wasteful?

I'd define it as not personally fun or entertaining.

I don't go to the movies. I'd rather read a book. I don't go to parties. I'd rather work on my calligraphy. I don't drink - not even lightly - but I see heavy drinking as a complete waste of time (literally blacking out or not having memory of most of the previous night).

If I ever have the feeling of "I'd rather be doing something else" then chances are what I'm doing is a waste of my time. I should be doing that something else.