Ask HN: Times in your life when you've felt the best
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When I make a big save on the motorcycle, that always leaves a mark and gives me an afterglow. Mix of adrenaline peak and then its descent, relief, being proud of yourself because Nature and Physics were about to end on top and screwing you real bad, but your reflexes turned the storyline around.
The brain knows that had you not made the save you'd have a good chance of ending up in a hospital bed, significant chance of becoming paralyzed, and non-zero chance of dying on the road like a dog.
The days after are really great, everything is much better. The food tastes better, the sky is bluer, the water is more refreshing etc.
Humans, especially men are made to go out in the wild and put their bodies on the line to face Nature and all the elements that she throws back at them.
When you put your body on the line and you make it back after defeating the elements, that's a feeling that is superior to drugs
The brain knows that had you not made the save you'd have a good chance of ending up in a hospital bed, significant chance of becoming paralyzed, and non-zero chance of dying on the road like a dog.
The days after are really great, everything is much better. The food tastes better, the sky is bluer, the water is more refreshing etc.
Humans, especially men are made to go out in the wild and put their bodies on the line to face Nature and all the elements that she throws back at them.
When you put your body on the line and you make it back after defeating the elements, that's a feeling that is superior to drugs
I find this post fascinating.
We are essentially two diametrically opposed people, who agree on the same premise.
We both agree that we (humans) are meant to take risks and live exciting lives, but you apparently have the courage to do that, and I do not.
I fear injury and death. Nothing sounds more horrible to me than being paralyzed for the majority of my life. When I was growing up a dad from down the street ended up losing his life in a biking accident. He gave up a wonderful family, and a stable quiet life in the suburbs.
I think witnessing that really shaped me and caused me to turn away from dangerous sports. Yet, I recognize how deeply I would enjoy flooring it on a freeway onramp, or jumping off a cliff in a squirrel suit.
I'm just not willing to risk it all, I guess.
We are essentially two diametrically opposed people, who agree on the same premise.
We both agree that we (humans) are meant to take risks and live exciting lives, but you apparently have the courage to do that, and I do not.
I fear injury and death. Nothing sounds more horrible to me than being paralyzed for the majority of my life. When I was growing up a dad from down the street ended up losing his life in a biking accident. He gave up a wonderful family, and a stable quiet life in the suburbs.
I think witnessing that really shaped me and caused me to turn away from dangerous sports. Yet, I recognize how deeply I would enjoy flooring it on a freeway onramp, or jumping off a cliff in a squirrel suit.
I'm just not willing to risk it all, I guess.
Of russian descent and now is the worst time of my life although it wasn’t even easy back then but now is way worse. I got better (smart, fit, educated, healthy) but the world got way worse. Hate, mobbing, injustice everywhere. „Your ancestors are from Russia and you look and speak Russian so you should be ashamed and nice to everybody“. Didn’t experience this stupid crazyness in the past. There is no excuse in being raised in a different country people just want to hate. So yeah compared to that the past was best.
You are of russian decent living in the united states and experiencing hate? I'm sorry to hear that. People suck.
I don’t think this is a thing you can pattern-match for. Too much of happiness, success, etc is luck. Often, I look back and realize a period was a happy time, but I don’t remember feeling particularly happy while it was happening.
Keep working on the projects you want to pursue and learning new things. Try to practice gratitude and be generous when you’re able. The tide and economy do their thing and we all try to do ours.
Keep working on the projects you want to pursue and learning new things. Try to practice gratitude and be generous when you’re able. The tide and economy do their thing and we all try to do ours.
I tend to agree because in my experience, the times when I have felt the best, largely had no explanation that stood out from times when I didn't feel so good.
It's not like I could point to some new diet that hits all the right nutrients so I was waking up every day feeling great. It's just for some reason, I'd go through a period of time sometimes lasting a few days, where I feel great mentally and physically.
So yes I generally agree that all we can do is try to practice gratitude and ride out the mediocre times.
It's not like I could point to some new diet that hits all the right nutrients so I was waking up every day feeling great. It's just for some reason, I'd go through a period of time sometimes lasting a few days, where I feel great mentally and physically.
So yes I generally agree that all we can do is try to practice gratitude and ride out the mediocre times.
Now.
I work multiple remote jobs. The money pours in, I don’t need to give a damn about whether my team/employers success or fail (as the money of multiple jobs exceeds any possible raise), and I have shaved decades off my working life because of how young I am.
My life is free from needing to give a crap about anything. Im free from needing to succeed. I’m free from needing to care.
I’m free!!!
I work multiple remote jobs. The money pours in, I don’t need to give a damn about whether my team/employers success or fail (as the money of multiple jobs exceeds any possible raise), and I have shaved decades off my working life because of how young I am.
My life is free from needing to give a crap about anything. Im free from needing to succeed. I’m free from needing to care.
I’m free!!!
wow good for you man !
Wild.
If I may ask - do your employers know that you are working multiple jobs?
If not, do you ever find it difficult to keep that information from them?
If I may ask - do your employers know that you are working multiple jobs?
If not, do you ever find it difficult to keep that information from them?
Late afternoon, lying on a beach in Baja California, drinking cold beer, after just eating the deep-fried scallops, oysters, etc that I collected free-diving that morning. Part of that has never left me. I just need opportunities like this one to remind me. One needs to remember to remember sometimes.
After exercising really hard and feeling an insane mind-body endorphin rush!
When I say "felt the best" I mean you felt motivated, happy, and generally "on".
When were such times for you? How long did it last for? What lifestyle factors do you think contributed to you having such a good stretch of time in your life?