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You can either do it, or always wish you did. Your choice.

Frocer 17y ago
This is one of the best quotes I've read on HN. Very true! I have also seen much crazier things. A friend of mine from college who is a stand up comedian, decided to hitchhike his way from NYC to LA to "find Tom" of MySpace. He filmed his entire journey and shared it on the web. Additionally, he also crashed with all his MySpace friends the whole way so his cost is practically 0 (besides the bus tickets). It's definitely doable on an even smaller budget :) Good luck and let me know when you arrive at the valley!
- mkramlich 17y ago
  you left us hanging: did he actually find & meet Tom?
jbarciauskas 17y ago
I think there's a corollary to this - if it turns out you don't always wish you did, it probably wasn't that great. The question then becomes, how certain are you this is something you will always regret having not done?
- jhancock 17y ago
  The problem is you do not know if its something you regret until you have the regret. From my experience, the more regrets you accumulate, the more you learn to not have them and enjoy the process of life.
  - dpcan 17y ago
    He doesn't have to "regret" having not done it, just "wish" he had done it for it to torment him forever.
    - jhancock 17y ago
      I don't mean regret having "not" done it. I'm talking about regrets from doing things and "failing" or fear of that happening.
- stavrianos 17y ago
  there's a simple experiment for this- just put off doing it for some length of time and measure your regret at intervals. After waiting long enough that you're pretty sure you'll regret it forever, you can do it.
ScottBev 17y ago
You sound like you have nothing holding you down and a great trip ahead of you. Once the job and bills start rolling in it becomes more difficult to break away and do it. Not impossible, just more difficult. Just do it! I'd recommend doing the west coast bit if you leaning that way. My way would be Chicago -> Seattle -> San Fran.If time and money and/or your desire permit then swing down the south for Austin -> New Orleans -> NY -> Boston.

This is one of the best quotes I've read on HN. Very true! I have also seen much crazier things. A friend of mine from college who is a stand up comedian, decided to hitchhike his way from NYC to LA to "find Tom" of MySpace. He filmed his entire journey and shared it on the web. Additionally, he also crashed with all his MySpace friends the whole way so his cost is practically 0 (besides the bus tickets). It's definitely doable on an even smaller budget :) Good luck and let me know when you arrive at the valley!

mkramlich 17y ago
you left us hanging: did he actually find & meet Tom?

jbarciauskas 17y ago

I think there's a corollary to this - if it turns out you don't always wish you did, it probably wasn't that great. The question then becomes, how certain are you this is something you will always regret having not done?

jhancock 17y ago
The problem is you do not know if its something you regret until you have the regret. From my experience, the more regrets you accumulate, the more you learn to not have them and enjoy the process of life.
- dpcan 17y ago
  He doesn't have to "regret" having not done it, just "wish" he had done it for it to torment him forever.
  - jhancock 17y ago
    I don't mean regret having "not" done it. I'm talking about regrets from doing things and "failing" or fear of that happening.
stavrianos 17y ago
there's a simple experiment for this- just put off doing it for some length of time and measure your regret at intervals. After waiting long enough that you're pretty sure you'll regret it forever, you can do it.

ScottBev 17y ago

You sound like you have nothing holding you down and a great trip ahead of you. Once the job and bills start rolling in it becomes more difficult to break away and do it. Not impossible, just more difficult. Just do it! I'd recommend doing the west coast bit if you leaning that way. My way would be Chicago -> Seattle -> San Fran.If time and money and/or your desire permit then swing down the south for Austin -> New Orleans -> NY -> Boston.