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Well getting drunk with friends in the afternoon doesn't seem like it's the answer to life either. I'm 31 and wake up at 5am during the week. Get to the gym bef

Well getting drunk with friends in the afternoon doesn't seem like it's the answer to life either. I'm 31 and wake up at 5am during the week. Get to the gym before getting into the office at 7:30. Definitely have enough time to get drinks with friends here or there. I'm not staying out all night partying by any means, but there is certainly a way to make it work. “Looking back over a life of hard work … my only regret is that I didn’t work even harder.” - H. L. Mencken Sorry, I don't mean to troll, I just dislike the strawman argument of "[being productive/working/etc] isn't everything in life."

StavrosK 10y ago
> Well getting drunk with friends in the afternoon doesn't seem like it's the answer to life either. Wow, the GP didn't say anything about getting drunk, so you managed to turn his comment into "hanging out with friends isn't the answer to life either". I beg to differ, it's a big part of the answer.
- jessedhillon 10y ago
  You guys are going to be really surprised by this, but I swear it's true: the answer to life is different for each person
  - freehunter 10y ago
    Deep Thought told me it was 42.
    - tomjakubowski 10y ago
      Watson told me it was 420. Must mean it's a 10x AI ;)
      - vincnetas 10y ago
        4:20 ;)
  - sguav 10y ago
    > the answer to life is different for each person Robelt Waldinger seems to (partially) disagree: https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good...
    - StavrosK 10y ago
      Summary: The secret to happiness is good relationships with other people, and the bane to happiness is loneliness. This agrees with my own observations as well.
JDiculous 10y ago
> Top 5 Regrets of the Dying: (2) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. (4) I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
- nine_k 10y ago
  I suppose that people on their death bed are pretty much biased, hardly less than average population. Human memory is quite imperfect and selective.
  - RDeckard 10y ago
    Inevitably, some day, you will empathize.
    - nine_k 10y ago
      Definitely! I have hard time understanding my future self, and my future self may have hard time understanding me as of now. People change, and what feels important at medium term (a few years) also changes. There's hardly a single right answer good for all ages.
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blubb-fish 10y ago
> “Looking back over a life of hard work … my only regret is that I didn’t work even harder.” - H. L. Mencken I won't bother looking up quotes but you are going to find and endless list of quotes similar to ... “Looking back over a life of hard work … my only regret is that I didn’t spend more time with friends and family.” ... as well.

StavrosK 10y ago

> Well getting drunk with friends in the afternoon doesn't seem like it's the answer to life either. Wow, the GP didn't say anything about getting drunk, so you managed to turn his comment into "hanging out with friends isn't the answer to life either". I beg to differ, it's a big part of the answer.

jessedhillon 10y ago
You guys are going to be really surprised by this, but I swear it's true: the answer to life is different for each person
- freehunter 10y ago
  Deep Thought told me it was 42.
  - tomjakubowski 10y ago
    Watson told me it was 420. Must mean it's a 10x AI ;)
    - vincnetas 10y ago
      4:20 ;)
- sguav 10y ago
  > the answer to life is different for each person Robelt Waldinger seems to (partially) disagree: https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good...
  - StavrosK 10y ago
    Summary: The secret to happiness is good relationships with other people, and the bane to happiness is loneliness. This agrees with my own observations as well.

JDiculous 10y ago

> Top 5 Regrets of the Dying: (2) I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. (4) I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

nine_k 10y ago
I suppose that people on their death bed are pretty much biased, hardly less than average population. Human memory is quite imperfect and selective.
- RDeckard 10y ago
  Inevitably, some day, you will empathize.
  - nine_k 10y ago
    Definitely! I have hard time understanding my future self, and my future self may have hard time understanding me as of now. People change, and what feels important at medium term (a few years) also changes. There's hardly a single right answer good for all ages.
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blubb-fish 10y ago

> “Looking back over a life of hard work … my only regret is that I didn’t work even harder.” - H. L. Mencken I won't bother looking up quotes but you are going to find and endless list of quotes similar to ... “Looking back over a life of hard work … my only regret is that I didn’t spend more time with friends and family.” ... as well.