Hacker News Reader

Comment by hospitalJail | Hacker News Reader

Seems like such a sad existence to be looking forward to holidays. My dad told me not to look forward to weekends because it will make life fly by too fast, and it will make your weekdays miserable.

I took it to heart, and maybe its because I found a good career, but I like working. I even like working on side gigs after work. Sure bugs can be frustrating, but so is playing Zelda. I find solving the bugs more rewarding than grinding on BOTW.

I imagine people indulge on holidays, drinking and eating unhealthy foods, of course that is fun. The next day when you are dealing with the hangover and now have to diet/be in pain for ~3 days to make up for the excess calories; is less fun.

View on HN

Very tangential to your comment but grinding a game when it's not fun (and won't become more fun) confuses me. I have a lot of friends that do that for a sense of accomplishment or a sunk cost fallacy, but if you're not having a good time anymore, just drop it.

BOTW and TOTK hit that once you get to the point where the only thing you can do is Korok hunt for sure.

I think this is good advice since many of us spend a large chunk of our lives at work.

More generally, just try to be present and experience whatever it is that's happening right now. Always living for the future is a good way to waste a life.

>just try to be present and experience whatever it is that's happening right now

I feel so conflicted by this.

I was decorating a cake for a birthday and I got 100% in the zone. Like "I became the icing". Probably 30-40 minutes went by and it felt like 5. I'm not sure if I was present, but I did good work and I felt content like nothing else.

But I can't say I was present, I almost don't even remember the thing happening.

Perhaps that's because your memory is based on recalling what you were thinking about when you did something? If you "became the icing" then you probably weren't lost in thought, talking to yourself like "I should create a budget, I wonder what my spouse is making for dinner, I need to take out the trash, ..."

I really enjoy my work and the feeling of doing great work for 8 hours is an important part of my life. But weekends and holidays are the thing that gives life meaning to me. I get to do the hobbies I enjoy, see friends and family, and enjoy a greater sense of agency. Some holidays or weekends I do indulge in bad food or alcohol but many more I am outside or exercising or socializing or learning new skills.

I don't think it's a sad existence at all to look forward to holidays, at least for me.

Yeah you're right, if I had been working instead of procrastinating I wouldn't have read this awful take and I would feel better.

You're getting downvoted, but it's a really bad take. The assumption that not working is just playing video games alone or getting drunk says a lot about the OP.

If I'm not working I'm doing things I truly enjoy, things that don't involve me sitting in front of a computer to subsist and generate wealth for other people.

Like spending quality time with friends and family, sometimes that includes video games and drinks. Video games and drinks alone, not as fun.

I'm a stoic.

Hedonism only led me to disappointment.

> I find solving the bugs more rewarding than grinding on BOTW.

You need to try TOTK. It might change your mind. :-)

I will, I am under Nintendo's cult and must play every Zelda game, even if I don't like them anymore. I don't know why I do it. I have been disappointed since WW.

At least I don't give Nintendo money anymore, I borrow my bro's Switch + Zelda game. He was younger when Nintendo turned on their marketing machine and is a bit more fanatical.

Reviews seem disappointing, but I already knew Nintendo was going to let me down. I have some rock bottom expectations coming into TotK.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com