[HN Gopher] The days are long but the decades are short (2015)
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The days are long but the decades are short (2015)
Author : dbrereton
Score : 53 points
Date : 2023-04-19 21:12 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| dahwolf wrote:
| It's like combining the advise of Schwarzenegger, Dr Phil, Yoda,
| a random tech bro's substack, life-hack Youtube stars, and more.
|
| None of the advise is incorrect of course, it's just that the sum
| is unattainable and at times contradicting. It basically says:
| here's 20 balls. Now juggle them up in the air, don't let any of
| them drop.
|
| That being said, your 20s are special. It's indeed the decade
| where you have the most energy versus the least responsibilities.
| Don't take your 20s in slow or tame mode.
| woodruffw wrote:
| As another commenter points out: the advice is not
| contradictory _only if you're stinking rich_ , as the people
| who tend to write these posts tend to be.
| aschearer wrote:
| And sometimes the days are short, too.
|
| Nice list, though. Happy birthday and good luck on your journey,
| Sam.
| mdriley wrote:
| (2015)
| dang wrote:
| Added. Thanks!
| fnordpiglet wrote:
| 37. When doing non profit work, always be ready to take the
| profit.
| rvz wrote:
| 38. After selling and hyping the poison (ChatGPT), also sell
| its antidote (WorldCoin).
| koolba wrote:
| > Summers are the best.
|
| If you take nothing else from this repost, let this really sink
| in.
|
| And for those of us in the northern hemisphere, you should have a
| plan by this point in the year for your work life to truly enjoy
| it when it arrives.
| garbagecoder wrote:
| 0. Thirty is too young to give life advice.
| MattRix wrote:
| Clearly it isn't, since this is a good list.
| notch898c wrote:
| It's a good list for under 30s probably. Taking care of
| demanding and constantly shifting needs of young children
| easily bombs half this list.
| burcs wrote:
| This is a bad take. It's like paying people based on years of
| experience vs. talent and output.
| weekendvampire wrote:
| I'm always surprised by how often advice from extremely
| successful people tends to repeat itself, which tells me that
| there really is no "secret" to making it and living a great life
| that I don't already know.
| zamfi wrote:
| Yes, implementing this kind of advice is much harder than
| merely reading it.
| [deleted]
| quickthrower2 wrote:
| All the timescales are short for me: seconds, minutes, hours,
| days, months, years, decades.
|
| I am not joking. Now going to the gym is 'easier' vs 20 years
| ago, because an hour at the gym doesn't seem like much time.
| [deleted]
| jeron wrote:
| fun fact, this saturday is Sam's birthday
| [deleted]
| angarg12 wrote:
| On 5): The most transformative step in my journey up the class
| ladder was when money stopped being a source of problems and
| instead became a way to solve problems.
| dionidium wrote:
| Sam Altman went to a high school that costs $32,800 per year.
| His "journey up the class ladder" started on a rung where money
| isn't an issue.
|
| https://www.jburroughs.org/admissions/tuition-affordability
| aziaziazi wrote:
| Also on 5)
|
| > Whether or not money can buy happiness, it can buy freedom
|
| This is true _outside_ of your work but not so much during it:
|
| - when you makes lots of money you feel less free to resign
| than for a shitty interchangeable job. It's even more true as
| the shitty job has less chance to be intellectually interesting
|
| - building your own business usually means you're even less
| free mentally as you got more responsibilities
|
| - if you're got employee it's even worse : you've got more
| legal obligations and probably moral implications.
|
| Money can buy a lots of thinks but certainly not freedom.
| SoftTalker wrote:
| I have plenty of money (relatively speaking, I don't make FAANG
| money but I don't worry about paying the rent or saving for a
| rainy day). I have real trouble spending it though. It almost
| causes me physical pain to spend money on something I don't
| regard as essential. I don't like to travel, or eat expensive
| meals, or go to movies, concerts, shows, etc because I hate to
| spend the money on it. Don't know what the root of that is, but
| it bothers other people more than it bothers me.
|
| The hobbies I have are similarly frugal: fixing stuff,
| repairing old cars, where I feel I've gained some value for the
| time spent.
| dang wrote:
| Related:
|
| _The days are long but the decades are short (2015)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26065466 - Feb 2021 (73
| comments)
|
| _The days are long but the decades are short (2015)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903714 - Sept 2019 (33
| comments)
|
| _The days are long but the decades are short - Sam Altman_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20668835 - Aug 2019 (1
| comment)
|
| _Sam Altman: 36 Life Lessons I Learned Before the Age of 30_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9491492 - May 2015 (3
| comments)
|
| _The days are long but the decades are short_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9454440 - April 2015 (387
| comments)
| block_dagger wrote:
| Reminds me of Meditations, also an excellent read.
| WakoMan12 wrote:
| [dead]
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