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Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Re: Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Post by hnthrowaway0315 »

mod wrote: post #6

What's stopping you? I live in a small house somewhere in the woods. I have 40 acres, a house, a woodshop, a nice "man shed", and several more small buildings for animals and equipment---and I bought all that for $60,000 in the Ozarks. The slow life doesn't need much to sustain it after you buy your place; maybe it's time to jump off the cliff. Things I've been doing lately: enjoying our first snow last night. Doing…

Nice. I guess once you put up a telescope somewhere there it's going to have good view because of darkness?

Sigh wish I could do that. Going to be next life.

Re: Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Post by a_bored_husky »

I want a boring life, free of drama and conflict. I also dont want to worry about money. To be clear I dont want to be rich nor to have a ton of luxuries, I just want to dedicate to my hobbies and family and somehow always have the minimal amount of money at hand to satisfy whatever need arises.

Re: Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Post by hnthrowaway0315 »

My idea of dream life:

- Own a cabin and some acre of lands in some not too remote woods (so still accessible to city hospitals)

- Half of time spent on family life such as outing with $wifie and watching sky using telescope with $son; Half of time spent on learning hardware and low level programming and such;

- Maybe also learn some surviving skills, nothing too fancy and physical demanding. And own a couple of dogs and cats;

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin »

mod wrote: post #6

What's stopping you? I live in a small house somewhere in the woods. I have 40 acres, a house, a woodshop, a nice "man shed", and several more small buildings for animals and equipment---and I bought all that for $60,000 in the Ozarks. The slow life doesn't need much to sustain it after you buy your place; maybe it's time to jump off the cliff. Things I've been doing lately: enjoying our first snow last night. Doing…

Whatcha gonna do with the deadhead?

Re: Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Post by rahimnathwani »

mod wrote: post #6

What's stopping you? I live in a small house somewhere in the woods. I have 40 acres, a house, a woodshop, a nice "man shed", and several more small buildings for animals and equipment---and I bought all that for $60,000 in the Ozarks. The slow life doesn't need much to sustain it after you buy your place; maybe it's time to jump off the cliff. Things I've been doing lately: enjoying our first snow last night. Doing…

This sounds amazing! I'm not willing to make the necessary trade-offs. Some of the things we might lose if we were to move from San Francisco to somewhere rural:

- my 6yo son's school, which is an amazing fit for him

- proximity to my wife's family

- comfortable weather all year round

- not standing out by being Asian

- easy access to Asian groceries

- 10 mins' drive to Costco

I would love to have a room per hobby/craft. Needing to pack/unpack and setup/teardown stuff like the sewing machine creates a mental barrier to using them. I can't just quickly fix something on a whim. Second order effect: each time I use the sewing machine I need to relearn somewhat.

Re: Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Post by 0goel0 »

hnthrowaway0315 wrote: post #13

My idea of dream life: - Own a cabin and some acre of lands in some not too remote woods (so still accessible to city hospitals) - Half of time spent on family life such as outing with $wifie and watching sky using telescope with $son; Half of time spent on learning hardware and low level programming and such; - Maybe also learn some surviving skills, nothing too fancy and physical demanding. And own a couple of dogs…

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Re: Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Post by autotune »

Own my own condo in a high rise here in downtown Austin

Have all my previous debts paid off and in the clear so every paycheck goes towards investments, savings, and likely mortgage for a while

My current 2 year old dog living 10 more years minimum

Find a long term SO at some point. Not interested in kids but marriage would be on the table if they wanted it

Having my current fully remote role actually work out long term

Re: Ask HN: What kind of life do you dream about?

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Post by steego »

a_bored_husky wrote: post #12

I want a boring life, free of drama and conflict. I also dont want to worry about money. To be clear I dont want to be rich nor to have a ton of luxuries, I just want to dedicate to my hobbies and family and somehow always have the minimal amount of money at hand to satisfy whatever need arises.

Same, but I’d love to own as few things as possible, but have access to things when I need them.

At this point in my life, I would just like to be a friendly NPC that helps open doors for other people.

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