This story is definitely something a lot of young ambitious people face, glad the author found some new areas to grow!
As someone about 10 years older with time to reflect, one thing that stood out is burnout. When you’re younger you can keep going nonstop, but even while young it can hit you every few months like it hit me.
My first thought for Saturdays with nothing to do is to build a casual social network that will compound over time and pay off in spades. Once people hit their 30s and 40s and their network is now in management positions, it can have huge benefits for your career or entrepreneurial endeavors.
So one idea is on your open Saturdays, yes spend half the day working out or swimming, but then take it easy the 2nd half, go spend 6 hours at the local beer garden with friends (or make friends), and build from there.
I love this part: “I will add, that the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors. He who reads nothing will still learn the great facts, and the details are all false.“
When I read the headlines or scan articles here on HN I’m under the impression that I know things and understand things, but it’s really just surface level.
I like the idea of ignoring news and instead read quarterly long form magazines or books. The really important stuff will bubble to the surface and be examined more intelligently.
It’s action oriented and optimistic but not naive.
Pessimists sound smart, optimists make money.
The doom and gloom mainly comes from the news media needing to sell ads to eyeballs. CNBC talked about the action that businesses were taking to increase face mask supplies while the mainline media did nothing but complain.