Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by j4yav on Sunday February 06, 2022 @08:54AM (#30232474)

I think maybe it’s easier to get stuck in a rut, go on autopilot, rely on what you know and then end up feeling like there’s no novelty in the world any more as you get older and comfortable.

Maybe you can fall so deeply into it that you can’t even tell you’re in a rut any more and just think that that’s how the world is, which is a puzzling perspective to those outside of the rut because the complexity and novelty of the world really is literally everywhere.

Not that endless novelty seeking is the be all end all, but it’s there if you want it.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by np- on Sunday February 06, 2022 @01:08PM (#30235131)

For me I have found that traveling helps break that "tunnel vision" which I occasionally find myself stuck in. And it's very hard to realize you're stuck in it until you break out of it. Traveling helps me realize that there's an entire world out there where people are not just living, but thriving. That always helps stir up my curiosity to dig deeper into things.

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