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Ask HN: How to Not to Give Up
Engineer here "doing well" with software contracting business. Making "big money" relative to my peers and family. I am getting comfortable and that is making me uncomfortable. I am not reading as much and I am not hungry to do more. Is this mantra that "you are the product of the 5 people you hangout with" really true? How do you escape this bubble if making friends is really hard for you. am I just fucked?
- streetcat1 5y agoExercise more. Sounds like laziness.
- pella 5y ago> How do you escape this bubble if making friends is > really hard for you. am I just fucked? try: - Rejection Therapy : https://www.rejectiontherapy.com/ https://www.rejectiontherapy.com/ - Randomize your life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKkI6-HeWXo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKkI6-HeWXo https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/08/531796329/eager-to-burst-his-own-bubble-a-techie-made-apps-to-randomize-his-life https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/08/53... - Learn new languages - Volunteering ( nonprofit, Pro bono ) - Gardening - Read: Nassim Taleb
- MattGaiser 5y agoDo you want more? Is more worth it to you? Engineering can give you a very comfortable life. At some point it seems fair to say “that’s enough.”