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Re:Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit? by kvakvs on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @06:29AM (#18607356)
Idle hands are the devil's workshop. Having no passion and nothing to do is a sure way to lose everything and ruin your otherwise established life. So better to get to work on your own project now without the fear of going broke.

Painting and sculpting, science or volunteering are fine if the person loves it. Otherwise he'll be happy doing what he's been doing all his life before this moment — programming, creating his own project.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do after $8M (all cash, post tax) exit? by axelrosen on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:43AM (#18608074)
As someone who's pretty idle, the worst (and only bad) part is everybody telling you how something must be wrong. Like people can get outright hostile and say pretty mean things. Everybody's completely fine with you not doing much, but if you actually say you're not doing anything instead of coming up with a random answer they go nuts!

Which I must admit I enjoy in a weird way.

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