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Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by toomuchtodo on Friday January 16, 2026 @08:14PM (#46654340)
Lifting
Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by al_borland on Friday January 16, 2026 @08:08PM (#46654310)
Taking care of my health.
Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by justinhj on Friday January 16, 2026 @08:23PM (#46654400)
Public speaking.
Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by adminootadmin on Friday January 16, 2026 @08:25PM (#46654411)
Leave school.
Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by zippyman55 on Friday January 16, 2026 @08:29PM (#46654422)
Public speaking (toastmasters). I waited five yrs. Social skills, management skills, and learning to tell. It’s being ready for the “hey, do you have time to speak with the vice president of the company”

Also better quality cooking. Healthy, save money.

More physical fitness.

Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by pillefitz on Saturday January 17, 2026 @12:28AM (#46655557)
Anx particular resources you can recommend beyond toastmasters?
Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by zippyman55 on Saturday January 17, 2026 @12:40AM (#46655622)
I thought toastmasters was great. But all the different clubs had different personalities. So, you have to find the right club. I was in it in the early 1990s and do not know how it’s evolved. What I liked about it was it had a ten speech structure and you could move on w life afterwards. Speaking in a contest beyond the club level could have you in front of 60 or more people. But something magical happens and your comfort level increases. I think there are other non toastmasters opportunities in volunteering but it’s nice to get the framework before you are thrust in front of large groups. But back to resources, I e seen some serious professional negotiation programs at my public library that really impressed me. Finally… and I’m spitballing here, I guess you could beat yourself up with speed dating events. lol.
Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by zahlman on Friday January 16, 2026 @08:53PM (#46654545)
My current projects, and everything else I've thought about doing next.
Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by tetris11 on Friday January 16, 2026 @11:11PM (#46655153)
Microcontrollers. I never quite got what electrical engineering was all about.

Then I picked up my first esp32, and - boom - sucked into the maker space, staying up all night reading up on the intracies of using i2c over UART

Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by gethly on Saturday January 17, 2026 @05:19PM (#46662663)
Not recent but in general:

martial arts

serious running

non-web programming

cigar smoking

shaving my head

growing my beard

carnivore / keto / nutrition education

using soap for showering instead of gels

dressing for comfort(now i wear only sportswear)

buying larger shoes

grounding my own coffee instead of buying grounded coffee due to much lower variety compared to whole bean coffees

getting rid of google and all its services(i have YT account but i have no "channel")

not wasting time commenting on YT videos or tweeting as it's a fool's errand

investing

Re:Ask HN: What's Something You Wished You Started Doing Ear... by 4d4m on Saturday January 17, 2026 @08:47PM (#46664025)
Releasing the songs I've been reworking for a decade or two at this point. I have out out only only a tiny fraction of my vault because if its not perfect it's not releasable.