Living in a safe and homogeneous country. I don't have to worry about being mugged or beaten while talking a walk. I don't have to worry about random episodes of violence. I don't have to worry about protesters burning and looting my home. After 2020 I realized I took this for granted for way too long.
Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
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Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#5221. the birth of my kid 2. taking care of her 2.5. moving to Tenerife 3. taking a side project to 30k MRR in less than 6 months. a lot of motivation to stay up in the evenings came from my kid for sure 4. starting a project purely for fun this month - https://cassandraai.reddit.com 5. Starting a little garden in my backyard
How do you like Tenerife?
It's pretty darn good. My dream destination is northern Australia/Queensland but with my work setup the visa would be very difficult/would have to invest a lot of money to be able to move there with my family.
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#5231. the birth of my kid 2. taking care of her 2.5. moving to Tenerife 3. taking a side project to 30k MRR in less than 6 months. a lot of motivation to stay up in the evenings came from my kid for sure 4. starting a project purely for fun this month - https://cassandraai.reddit.com 5. Starting a little garden in my backyard
If it weren't for family friends etc, I'd totally move to Tenerife and spend the rest of my life there. So envious! Whereabouts have you settled?
The North. whereabouts of Puerto de la Cruz, now looking for a big house since we like it here.
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#5241. the birth of my kid 2. taking care of her 2.5. moving to Tenerife 3. taking a side project to 30k MRR in less than 6 months. a lot of motivation to stay up in the evenings came from my kid for sure 4. starting a project purely for fun this month - https://cassandraai.reddit.com 5. Starting a little garden in my backyard
3. Do tell us more about the side project.
I figured out a way how to connect influencers/people who have a large following/websites which could improve their monetization with advertisers and take a cut. Most of the search and outreach is automated. I'm a programmer/marketer specializing in Python and analytics.
TL;DR: Your blog is making $2k/month from ads, but you could be making $4k/month. Will you give me $400/month so you can get $1600 more?
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#525WFH. I take my dog on a walk during standup. I hang out with my kids when I can step out of the office. I recently started exercising over lunch (this habit was never easy for me- it took getting Ring Fit Adventure on Nintendo Switch to start that). I saved 15000 miles on my car’s odometer. —— Reconnecting with old friends from HS/college. We normally do a march camping trip every year. Not in 2020. Instead, We set u…
How do you do a standup while walking? I can understand audio through earphones, but don't you need to see like a JIRA board and are you able to do that on your phone?
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#526Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m fascinated by this teaser. Can you elaborate? Was it the food, the politics, the work culture? Other?
I'm hesitant to go into detail about this on HN because people on here will do their best to attack/criticise and there's not much to be gained from that. The short version is that the last year's politics have uprooted a lot of beliefs I held formerly that are common in Europe (some examples: stereotyping Americans in certain ways, having the acceptable view on the Democrat/Republican divide, assuming that society w…
> the Russian government being evil
You might want to pay attention to Navalny's expose and the litany of assassinations they've been clearly implicated in...
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#527I have not managed to make running enjoyable. What was the turning point for you?
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#528Such a pandemic cliche: making sourdough bread. Takes all day. Took about 3 or 4 tries until I got the hang of it. Now I make two loaves every weekend. Tastier than anything I've bought at a store. Started with Serious Eats: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2020/07/how-to-make-sour... Settled at Tartine Country Bread: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016277-tartines-country... Makes me happy every time.
Check out @fullproofbaking on Instagram if you haven't :)
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#529Hiking! Living in D.C. is surprisingly proximal to a lot of nature outings in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Getting out of my tiny apartment and out into nature absolutely makes me a happier person.
Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
#530My wife....