What sort of person worries about having led a frivolous life?
I can guarantee you that's the last thing I'll be worried about on my deathbed (assuming I have my mental faculties, which is not a done deal these days).
Time anxiety: is it too late?
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Re: Time anxiety: is it too late?
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
here are the hobbies I have had archery, bowling, pool, mountain biking, ice hockey, inline hockey, floorball, ultimate frisbee, sailing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, rock climbing, shooting, reloading, hunting, home improvement (has a lot of sub areas), games programming, tae kwon do, kung fu, krav maga, jiu jitsu, paint ball, role playing games, online games, being helpful on forums, scuba diving, piano, golf, camping…
That's pretty good, but you're not at Simon Quinlank levels yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IRF4rIDhIQ
Kevin Eldon looks so young here! Loved Fist of Fun :-)
Re: Time anxiety: is it too late?
#123Wait until you hit 50. That's when you really hear the clock ticking (I'm 51).
Re: Time anxiety: is it too late?
#124I think we need to make peace with "achieving" later in life than our renaissance
ancestors. The same holds for the Fields Medal (with an age limit of 40): many gre
at mathematicians will only achieve much later than that.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Somewhat related -- and boy I never thought I'd say this! -- some stuff started changing in my life for the better recently and I decided to get back on Facebook and get involved again (I hadn't deleted my account or anything, I just hadn't posted or interacted in a very long time). I joined a bunch of groups that interested me and more importantly for me, I started making an effort to like and comment on posts of ex…
I feel like your description of Facebook is what all the employees who worked on it circa 2004 were envisioning it would become. It seemed so groundbreaking yet so serene. A brand new way to do the same things. I wish we could have all the good without the bad, but I suppose that's what makes this field so insanely hard.
It's just like most things in life: It's good if you consume the right amount.
Re: Time anxiety: is it too late?
#126If the best time has passed, the next best time is now!
Re: Time anxiety: is it too late?
#127Wait until you hit 50. That's when you really hear the clock ticking (I'm 51).
Don't worry, a 60 year old will be along to correct you soon enough :)
Re: Time anxiety: is it too late?
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Serious question, what other hobbies can one have?
Any sort of crafting hobby, which ranges from making clothes to making swords to making furniture. Graphical arts, digital and analog (which covers everything from painting with all different types of paints to mixed media, large format, small format, from the side of a building to the size of a grain of rice) These are all mostly looks-based, but you can also make things that do things, make electronics, restore old…
cooking
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just learned how to ride a motorcycle (more or less) on my own over about a month or so. I took a motorcycle course over one weekend. Took the license test another weekend. Bought a bike and filled out paperwork during the week (registration & insurance). Rode almost every day for the first month, practiced maneuvers (finding the friction zone, quick stopping w/o skidding) I wasn't comfortable with in a parking lot.…
You might be overestimating your skill level. Let's see what you think after your first serious crash.
you might be underestimating your skill level.
Re: Time anxiety: is it too late?
#130I remember in my 20s I had this constant anxiety about running out of time. That if I didn't accomplish whatever I wanted to accomplish soon I'd never be able to do it. The emotion gradually disappeared during my 30s. In a way I was right. I'm 40 now and the things that seemed of extreme importance in my 20s are mostly gone now. In retrospect it's not that I wouldn't be able to do those things, but maybe I feared tha…
> I remember in my 20s I had this constant anxiety about running out of time. That if I didn't accomplish whatever I wanted to accomplish soon I'd never be able to do it. The emotion gradually disappeared during my 30s.
I had the same feeling in my 20s.
I'm now in my 30s, and the biggest regret I have in life is that I lost a relationship because I needed to "accomplish something before I ran out of time". Even though I had no absolutely idea what that "something" actually was.
It's a horrible, depressing realization.
To anyone reading this - please, please don't jeopardise a relationship because you feel unsettled or anxious about the future. You can backtrack from most mistakes in life, but a broken relationship is not one of them.