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Ask HN: Dealing with Missed Opportunities in Life?

5 pointsby shivajikobardan11 months ago
Out of topic,may remove if not allowed.<p>I miss my university time not because of nostalgia, but because I didn&#x27;t study properly to the extent I wish to. I didn&#x27;t study at all tbh.Most of the times, I was spending on building websites using wordpress, writing content, promoting in reddit and what not.<p>Nowadays, I am regularly studying for 20 hrs per week along with job(I also study at job as my job is relaxed and low paying).<p>But when I look at the folks still in university, who&#x27;re studying their ass off, it makes me feel weaker. I feel I&#x27;ve lost the race. It doesn&#x27;t affect my day to day life at all. But I want to learn if there is anything I can do that can help me even further?

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GianFabien11 months ago
Your question appears to be directed at studying at university and afterwards. Did you drop out? Can&#x27;t you repeat and still graduate?<p>Aside from my questions, I suggest that comparing yourself to others is never a healthy option. You could set yourself a goal and work towards achieving it. I hope your current learning is well directed and you are increasing your knowledge and expertise in a lucrative field. Unless you work in a specialist field, skills and expertise are well regarded. Whether you have a degree or not is of lesser importance.
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ziggyzecat11 months ago
oh, but that&#x27;s a good thing. They are younger and they &quot;got it&quot; while you didn&#x27;t and apparently still don&#x27;t. Stop wasting your attention on anything except work, studying and recovery, the latter being what is called &quot;having a life&quot;, which often enough requires the same amount of recovery as work and studying do.<p>(I need more life for recovery and context myself)<p>The race is an infinite game. Just keep playing.
zer00eyz11 months ago
Ahh, welcome to the rat race.<p>As someone who made it in SV with no degree at all I will tell you that hard work and dedication means a lot. Its not what you did, its what your doing, what your going to keep doing.<p>&gt;&gt; building websites using wordpress, writing content, promoting in reddit and what not.<p>This is a whole set of skills your peers who studied didn&#x27;t get. You just haven&#x27;t figured out how to use them and&#x2F;or what to add to them.<p>Its never to late to start learning, but once you start don&#x27;t ever stop!
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