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Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?

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Post by jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj »

rococode wrote: post #40

Video walks on Youtube. If you haven't heard of them before, they're simple first-person videos where the filmer walks around some area with a stabilized video camera - no talking, just walking. I've really missed traveling and watching video walks while exercising has been a great way to satisfy that travel craving a bit and also trick my brain into experiencing some semblance of normalcy (not sure I could remember…

Yes! I can wholeheartedly recommend Tokyo Explorer as well. He's a talented photographer who started doing a lot of these walks during covid. He does both 4K walks and walking streams where he interacts with the audience.

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Post by JulianRaphael »

brainless wrote: post #29

Staying away from the startup hustle and city life. I have been constantly disturbed by the chase in the startup system. Building up something out of own passion is one thing, but trying to act like the investor-led founders has been driving me crazy for years. I live a village life now, do much less software work. Have dialed down my ambitions and I am actually very happy. I do feel that my skills, acquired over 15…

Just out of curiosity: whereabouts in the Himalayas are you located? We've been looking for nice places off the beaten path and are always looking for inspiration.

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Post by posedge »

dave_sullivan wrote: post #134
posedge wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like a dream. I'd love to work in short bursts of highly productive work instead of full work weeks of mostly lingering around and wasted time to fill the hours. I wonder though, how does it work out financially?

> I wonder though, how does it work out financially? Pretty good, how is your approach working out financially?

I currently have a full time job. There is the option of reducing to 80%, but that comes with the respective salary cut. I'm wondering if it's worth it, also the increased productivity is not accounted for from a financial perspective.

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Post by jventura »

akavel wrote: post #139

Self-learning wing-foiling (when you're on the lake, being 6 feet from someone means dangerously close to a collision, so "social distancing" is natural...), kinda as an excuse to spend some time outside, move, generate endorphins and not think about other things (winds at my place are usually nothing to write home about, so actual foiling happened just a couple days). Also some trekking and reddit's r/bodyweightfitn…

I do SUP and paragliding but didn’t knew about wing foiling. I did a quick google search and know you got me hooked. I think it will be my next sports learning activity.. Thanks man!

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Post by newbkoder »

dave_sullivan wrote: post #98

2.5 day work week. Peak performance on those days at a decent daily rate, then I get to fuck around on whatever for the rest of the week. Wednesdays are my fridays.

What do you do for the rest of the week? I assume you have some hobby or passion you pursue?
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