Ask HN: How to Not to Give Up

2 points by zackj117 4y ago ↗ HN

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?

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streetcat1 4y ago ↗

Exercise more. Sounds like laziness.

[dead] pella 4y 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/

- Randomize your life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKkI6-HeWXo https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/08/53...

- Learn new languages

- Volunteering ( nonprofit, Pro bono )

- Gardening

- Read: Nassim Taleb

MattGaiser 4y ago ↗

Do 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.”

smajlo 4y ago ↗

This - maybe you should focus on other things and hunger will be back? It depends how much you've worked in the past, is it good time for a break? I'm still learning how to let it go and have a break without feeling guilty.