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| Ask PG & other successful folks: how did your life change after FU money? | ||
| recommended by 3 users | 2010 | 277 points by resdirector | money & taxes | original thread | | ||
Here are some questions that I find myself pondering from time to time as I code. To those who have achieved "FU money" (I use this term loosely): * Has your life changed in unexpected ways? * Has there been any change in the way you interact with strangers? * Has the number of things you have to endure increased or decreased? * And is "FU money" all its cracked up to be? e.g., is your life an order of magnitude more enjoyable now, or is it pretty much the same etc? | ||
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| JangoSteve Jul 30, 2010 | on: Ask HN: How do you keep yourself motivated in "motivation… | context |
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sillysaurusx May 6, 2023 | on: TikTok Spied on Me. Why? | context
I’ve wanted to write about this for years. Someday I’ll do it justice. Let me edit this comment with one particular example. One moment… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1511104 That thread is one of the most vivid examples of the difference of then vs now. But looking back on it, the delta isn’t as large as one might think. I was going to write “Imagine Dan giving an answer like that to the community unprompted,” and then realized that he has, many times now. He’s done a tremendous job preserving the spirit that pg imbued into HN. The thread is nostalgic for other reasons too. Aaron Swartz gave a candid answer that stuck with me, and turned out to be really prescient for my life. |
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d_r Oct 29, 2010 | on: The Danger of Following Your Dreams | context
Another great quote by PG: When you can do whatever you want, you get a variant of the terror induced by the proverbial blank page. There are a lot of people who think the thing stopping them from writing that great novel they plan to write is the fact that their job takes up all their time. In fact what's stopping 99% of them is that writing novels is hard. When the job goes away, they see how hard. From "What would you do with FU money" thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1511104 |
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I'm not sure it's possible to help given the information provided. You're asking how to stay motivated, but you haven't told us what it is that motivated you in the first place. If your only motivation all along was money and gadgets, then perhaps that's the root of the problem.
You live in a cheap part of the world? What about spending some of that money to travel to not-so-cheap parts of the world? My best suggestion would be to take some time off to figure things out. And I mean real time off. Leave town, don't take your computer with you.
Also, given your frugality and the inexpensive standard of living in your part of the world, I'd say your experience is similar to those who have gotten FU money. I'd highly recommend reading this thread: "Ask PG & other successful folks: how did your life change after FU money?" [1] Especially read ttol's comment about mentally preparing yourself and the frame of mind required to handle FU money [2].
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1511104
[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1511232