Take it easy, take everything slower, enjoy the process and send dad to the hospital after the first stroke no matter how much he fights.
Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
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Re: Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
#22Don't date that cute blond from the bar, she's crazy. Let people help you.
Sorry to be a pedant, but if she's uses female pronouns, then it's "blonde" not "blond"
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#23Re: Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
#24None that he would accept, I don't think; he was not much for listening to anyone's advice, and the deep disappointment he would certainly feel about the path my life has taken would probably motivate him to do the opposite of whatever I suggested.
Re: Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
#25Run out from exUSSR, to West, as fast as possible. And as far as possible.
You will not prove anything to others. Soon you will just trying to survive.
Re: Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
#26- Marry that girl sooner.
- Think bigger.
- Don’t over-save.
- Don’t worry about what people think.
- Be better to people.
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#27Don't spend 90% of your time alone in your room doing nothing. Don't assume you have infinite time to do whatever you want at some point. You will never be more free than you are right now, so spend that time doing whatever you can to make your mark on the world and maximize every part of you possible, even if its tough. You will feel far better than following your instinct to take it easy.
Re: Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
#28- Be here, now.
- Practice enjoying the process itself. Forget the outcome for a while.
- Practice non-reaction. Just observe.
- It's better to do nothing than squeezing in a quick task in that 15 min break.