Ask HN: What addition or change would improve your quality of life?

1. Lower taxes

2. No neighbors

3. Fewer people around

I recently stopped working from home and moved into a co-working space out of necessity (rambunctious children at home). However, I don't want to talk about the change in setting, but part of this is that I added a walking commute to my day. About 20 minutes of brisk walking each way. It feels great. It's built-in exercise and it also serves as a great transition between home and work-life. As I'm heading to work (as a freelancer), I'm usually listening to podcasts and getting into the work mindset. As I'm walking home, it's either podcast or music and getting into the helpful father/husband mindset. Big positive change for me thus far, especially as someone who typically enjoys exercise, but has difficulty making time for it between work and kids.

Clear social lifts to the at least upper-middle level in all countries. can't see so many great people ending up miserably or tragically just because they were never given a chance, and I myself could spend years doing valuable things instead of just random no brain staff just to have something to eat by the end of the day.

Doing something that I love to do, like programming.

The hard part is that it'd greatly reduce my quality of life in the short term (gaining paper credentials, finding a job). Along with the fact that I've never programmed as a profession for someone else, so would I even like it? etc. I've got a cushy job with great pay and retirement, but it's a lousy "legend" to live. Hard to leave, but hate to stay.

With that said it's hard to say, really, what might be concrete in improving the quality of my life. Most likely sticking with meditation for more than 3-5 sessions a year, or marrying my 4-year girlfriend.