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Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

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Re: Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

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Post by mockingbirdy »

chilling wrote: post #259
mockingbirdy wrote: post #245

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Did the basic training and looking forward to start jumping in wingsuit next year Nice! Thought about paragliding too, but decided I like the action of flying in a wingsuit more. Booked my first tandem skydiving jump and will start the basic training in 2022. In Germany we're only allowed wingsuit jumps when we complete 200 normal jumps, do you know if there's a jurisdiction where this requirement is lower?

I would definitely recommend skydiving over paragliding and kitesurfing over skydiving. Paragliding is MUCH harder than skydiving (you need to feel/understand the wind really well). Talking about the tandem jump - I don't know how it's in Germany but in Poland basic AFF training + one jump with 2 instructors cost the same price as the tandem jump thus making it a really foolish choice. 200 jumps requirement is shared…

Thanks for the tip with Poland and Ukraine! Do you have a link for a good AFF training provider? I found this one [1] which looks good.

[1]: https://tandemy.pl/en/training-parachute-jump/

Re: Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

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Post by anonu »

coldtea wrote: post #192
anonu wrote: post #123

It's a nice sum of money. But it's certainly not enough to live doing nothing for the rest of your life. Again YMMV but if you want to have a family, kids, and I suspect you live in a Western country where the cost of living is not that low, you're going to run out unless you put your money to work for you. So this either means investing in yourself ... Start a company or business. Or investing in others: making safe…

> It's a nice sum of money. But it's certainly not enough to live doing nothing for the rest of your life. In what planet is this the case? Aspen? Gstaad? In most countries of earth, less than half of that is enough to live comfortably to the ripe old age of 90 from 27 - not investing for anything above inflation, and just taking a monthly cut otherwise. You can trivially buy a house for 100-300K (no rent anymore) an…

Like I said, your mileage may vary. There are many factors that go into these calculations.

Re: Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

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Post by bauskas »

chilling wrote: post #259
mockingbirdy wrote: post #245

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Did the basic training and looking forward to start jumping in wingsuit next year Nice! Thought about paragliding too, but decided I like the action of flying in a wingsuit more. Booked my first tandem skydiving jump and will start the basic training in 2022. In Germany we're only allowed wingsuit jumps when we complete 200 normal jumps, do you know if there's a jurisdiction where this requirement is lower?

I would definitely recommend skydiving over paragliding and kitesurfing over skydiving. Paragliding is MUCH harder than skydiving (you need to feel/understand the wind really well). Talking about the tandem jump - I don't know how it's in Germany but in Poland basic AFF training + one jump with 2 instructors cost the same price as the tandem jump thus making it a really foolish choice. 200 jumps requirement is shared…

Why are you saying skydiving in Ukraine is dangerous? I jumped here and I only remember one vague story about someone injuring their leg because of technical mistake when landing. I don't think we had any skydiving deaths in at least 10-15 years.

Re: Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

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Post by christiangenco »

chilling wrote: post #110
projectileboy wrote: post #19

I’m just some internet stranger who doesn’t know anything, but as a 50 year old guy, here’s my suggestion: First, focus on yourself. Eat well, spend time getting fit, meditate, see a therapist, spend time with your friends and family. Then, when you start to feel more bored than depressed, look around. The world needs you, and there are opportunities for you to make things better where your skills and money could be…

Nicely said. I share quite the same story as the OP with a few zeroes different in the final sum. I quit my job 8 months ago and basically felt the same boredom and depression feeling. But after 2 months of doing almost nothing my brain simply rested enough and returned to regular activity. Then I spend almost every day checking my wish list: - Paragliding? Yeah, did the basic training in 2 weeks. - Kite surfing? Why…

Check out Paramotoring. It's self-powered Paragliding that opens up way more places to fly.

Re: Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

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Post by chilling »

mockingbirdy wrote: post #261
chilling wrote: post #259

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would definitely recommend skydiving over paragliding and kitesurfing over skydiving. Paragliding is MUCH harder than skydiving (you need to feel/understand the wind really well). Talking about the tandem jump - I don't know how it's in Germany but in Poland basic AFF training + one jump with 2 instructors cost the same price as the tandem jump thus making it a really foolish choice. 200 jumps requirement is shared…

Thanks for the tip with Poland and Ukraine! Do you have a link for a good AFF training provider? I found this one [1] which looks good. [1]: https://tandemy.pl/en/training-parachute-jump/

I would say that most of the AFF trainers are good (they just need to). The only issue here is that I'm not aware of any english curse. I'm jumping with PLStefa in Elbląg and Gliwice but their website is in polish only (however most of the trainers do speak english). Maybe it's a right choise to complete AFF training anywhere and then just start jumping wherever it's cheap.

PS. Flying in Spain is an good and cheap option too! https://www.skydiveatmosfera.com/

Re: Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?

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Post by throw_this_one »

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #254
throw_this_one wrote: post #250

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Yeah I think there's a level of about 1-15 mil where you're not like baller level rich but you have more than enough to explore the world and live a very very comfortable life.

The low millions, at least in Western Europe, is not enough to sustain a comfortable life without working when you are 10+ years from retirement. Of course you can always go for a frugal life but the average middle class one (vacations, no much worries when going to the supermarket, ...) for a family of 4 is not easily doable. When you have the 7M€ OP has, you have a realistically stable income of 140k€ post taxes wh…

That's with no income at all for the rest of time, etc.
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