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Don't Waste the Good Days

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Re: Don't Waste the Good Days

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People look at me like I’m insane when I tell them I’m packing up and taking a year off. I’ve f’in had enough. And that’s me, the wife and our two kids- not quite school age. No I haven’t FIREd. No I’m probably passing up a raise and a promo (or maybe not). Super linear growth requires super linear decision making. You either follow the sheeple or decide enough is enough and make some drastic change. Im not getting t…

> See y’all in Penang. Then what? I like to imagine that if there is a secret to human happiness it must be something which was available to all the ~hundred billion humans who lived before air travel, boats, cars, cheap foreign holidays. Life would be awfully unfair otherwise. https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2019/08/14 I've also holidayed casually enough to know that me alone in a foreign city isn't as exciting as…

I stumbled upon the same line of thought. Many of the things we do nowadays to be happy were unavailable before — travel, buy, consume, etc. Does it mean humans long ago were less happy?

Any chance you know any readings tackling this idea?

Re: Don't Waste the Good Days

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you tell more about your job? I love Tokyo, but the work environment seemed to have a lot of drawbacks (general long hours, presence over productivity restricted days off) Did that change, or are you good with it, or did you find a different niche?

I'm working at Stripe, so, definitely not the traditional "wait for your boss to leave" experience. My previous was Google, and the change was as much my mental state as the work.

I'm curious what mental state change you went through. And does Stripe Japan require knowing Nihonggo?

Re: Don't Waste the Good Days

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I feel like there is wisdom in "Make hay while the sun shines." When you're young and unencumbered by responsibility and family, when your cognitive abilities are at their peak, when your energy is endless, when your body is strong and healthy, when your knees work, and your fingers can type without arthritis: that's the optimal time to work and earn. Min-max that salary and stay healthy. Due to compounding interest,…

This is incredibly disheartening. "sell your time & youth to capitalism so you can suffer through it more comfortably later."

Our society is a nightmare lol

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