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Re: Ask HN: What's your greatest enjoyment in life?

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Post by jozvolskyef »

At times, any of the following. In no particular order:

~10-15: climbing trees, running, bikes

~13-18: writing software, studying physics, hacking, wardriving, gaming

~16-25: nightlife, relationships, running, driving, exploring all sides of the world

~26-28: nothing, most of the time; playing squash before the pandemic

~29: climbing boulders (esp. sending a route after many unsuccessful attempts), driving electric scooters, exploring different places while working remotely

Re: Ask HN: What's your greatest enjoyment in life?

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deltaonefour wrote: post #17
jsnk wrote: post #9

I'm about to be a dad this year. Every day as the date approaches, I am getting more excited and scared at the same time. Never felt anything like this. I recall the pure happiness without an ounce of worry when I was a kid, and I also get happy that I might have a chance to give this to my kid. At the same time, I feel a lot of pressure that I will fall short of being a good dad. I am yet to experience being a real…

It might be. The child lasts far beyond 20 years and within that time frame there will be ups and there can be downs. Really bad downs. A child can grow up to hate you, be your enemy, become a criminal, become addicted to drigs. It is not a guarantee for happiness. Statistically speaking though, when measured scientifically people in general are actually found to be overall less happy with kids. This is the scientifi…

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Re: Ask HN: What's your greatest enjoyment in life?

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Post by D13Fd »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #3

Cliche, but good family time. Nothing beats a weekend where all my cousins, nieces and nephews are together. Its particularly fun now when all my cousins and siblings have kids and they’re all under four. It gets chaotic but also so much fun

This really is the best. It’s hard to describe why, but for me it’s some combination of freedom (from work and some childcare), nostalgia (from reliving old times), catching up, and just general family time.

Re: Ask HN: What's your greatest enjoyment in life?

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Post by Schnitz »

Anything where I can be a beginner again and experience the thrill of discovery. Doing something for the first time and together with someone that’s good at it and is happy to share their knowledge is so awesome.

As I get older I realize I have to keep switching it up. So one year it’s suddenly road cycling and I did 1000 miles in a year after doing probably 10 miles combined during the 10 years before. Also learned about bike maintenance as a part of that. Then 2-3 years after it happened to be mountain biking, lots of new skills to acquire there. Similar story with competitive video games, after not touching them for a decade or more I immersed myself in Valorant for a year and learned as much as I could about tactical FPS. Then 2 years after I switched from reading only 1-4 non-fiction books per year to reading several novels in a month. It’s odd, if you asked me 10 years ago I had a clear favorite video game, movie, hobby etc like “I’m a soccer guy” or “I love LOTR” - nowadays it’s weird, the excitement for things I’ve done often in the past is getting less and unless I make sure I find new pursuits it gets boring.

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