u/thrownavideecs2030

Got to do my first tandem jump! So much of it was so different than what I expected. Getting out the door? Not a problem. Everything during the glide phase? Wonderful. Landing, steering? Loved all of it, maybe a bit of a rush on steep turns but I learned to enjoy it and it was exciting, just new. I wish I had 20 minutes up there.

But all that needed a freefall. And looking at the videos it lines right up to what my experience was (in fairness we did a backflip going out) - I had no sense of orientation, my form was nowhere near correct (legs not out far enough, arch not good, I think the only thing that would've been okay was head and even that got messed by being told to look at the cam), and as a result, I actually actively hated the freefall - when I was given the go ahead to spread my arms I was grasping the air desperately for something to grab and more scared with them out than in. Mouth flapping away no matter how much I tried to maintain that smile. Heart pounding, head rush going, ears and nose the way I get after a too-hard workout. The whole experience felt like being thrown in a pool when I was scared of water, but with less control since I can't paddle air against gravity...

So I ask this - how do I get better? I kept hearing "it doesn't feel like falling" but that's all I felt, whether I looked up, down, or at the horizion. I don't want this to be my last jump, not by a mile, but I also don't know how to get myself back out there when I keep imagining how the freefall felt helpless

As high earners, I'm sure a lot of us have had to face choices around career progression/earning more, and how it impacts other areas of life like geography, spare time, and stress levels.

My question to the sub is once you broke into the HENRY club, how did you come to a conclusion on what was "enough"? As someone earlier in my career, and under 30, I spent a lot of time maximizing earnings at the expense of everything else (~70k->300k->450k), and I'm realizing that as incredibly fortunate as I am financially, a lot of people who took a more balanced approach are more content without giving up a lot of what we discuss here.

I'd like to understand how you decided on when to chase the bag and when to turn your focus elsewhere

First time using the hotel credit, but I'd prepaid for a hotel last half for a trip I was supposed to have mid-July, received the credit, everything's good. (This was going to be a work trip I was adding a personal stay to). Last minute my work trip gets moved so I can't make my stay; if I ask to change the dates, will I lose the full amount of the credit from last half, or will I just be responsible for paying whatever difference there is? It's all booked through Amex's FHR of course.