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Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?

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Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?

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Accepting that I was an introvert. I remember the exact moment: I was traveling, had just settled down with a good book at a hostel, and then heard some folks heading to the bar. I remember thinking "gosh, I should be social," and then "nah, I'd rather be here." Self acceptance of that was a big change for me.

A thing I've learned on top of that is that people can interpret the lack of care about social functions to be lazyness or harshness. Even introverts can enjoy certain social functions if they become more accustomed to take the edge off. I say this myself as an introvert - staying home all the time and fulfilling ones' comforts often makes one their own worst enemy when it comes to fulfillment. Comfort makes one weak. I should know, I regret being my own best servant of solitude. Be better than me. Push yourself outside of the meager boundaries of who we think we are. Or we can never be great, legendary.

Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?

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post #13
post #8

Accepting that I was an introvert. I remember the exact moment: I was traveling, had just settled down with a good book at a hostel, and then heard some folks heading to the bar. I remember thinking "gosh, I should be social," and then "nah, I'd rather be here." Self acceptance of that was a big change for me.

I was going to add almost the exact same experience. Congrats to us both!

Y'all should go have a drink and be social! Oh, wait...

I kid. I'm in the same boat. People exhaust me. I often tell people who ask me to come do something "I'm peopled out." After a while they get it. My better extraverted friends never stop asking, though, for which I am thankful because I occasionally do like to be social and who better to be social with than an extrovert[0].

[0] They get me and fill in all the awkward silences.

Re: Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?

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I've got two: buying a house and going back to grad school. For buying a house, I latched onto the idea that I needed a 20% down payment so I wouldn't have to pay for mortgage insurance so I was trying to save like crazy. Meanwhile, the property values were going through the roof and I realized that I'd always be chasing that 20%. I sat down and ran some numbers with a mortgage lender and that made everything a lot c…

If you don't mind me asking, what did you end up studying at grad school to break through your career ceiling?
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