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Bronnie Ware
Personal blog · bronnieware.com/blogphilosophycareer
Bronnie Ware's personal blog at bronnieware.com covers philosophy and career. Since 2018, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Regrets of the Dying (2010)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for "The Regrets of the Dying", a list of the most common regrets of dying people. It is cited in discussions of work, life priorities and relationships.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Bronnie Ware is best known as the author of the best-selling memoir, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. She is also a songwriter and TedX speaker who has inspired millions of people worldwide.
Most-linked posts?
- Regrets of the Dying (2010)6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2019-04-15
What Hacker News says?
The top of My Todo List ( http://www.paulgraham.com/todo.html ), but more specifically, what Graham linked to: The Regrets of Dying ( https://bronnieware.com/regrets-of-the-dying/ ) It is a succinct summary of what, with the benefit of hindsight, many people thought was important in their lives and what they should have done better. Absent is "I should have worked harder" and "I should have spent more time at the of…
Comment linking /regrets-of-the-dying/
on “Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?”Submitted Regrets of the Dying (2010) as a story · 149 points
HN discussionJack Ma is right about working overtime and have work consume your life when 'passion is not limited to monetary gains', but more often than not, these people that are full of passion realise that it was the wrong choice all along, esp considering how short a healthy life is. The regrets people have on their death bed isn't of not having worked hard, but not having had more time for friends and family. https://bronn…
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on “Jack Ma Again Endorses Extreme Overtime as Furor Rages On”Submitted Regrets of the Dying as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAs someone in their mid 30s, with a wife, kids, and friends (if you have the funds): * Replace your server with Dropbox and/or a VM outside the home (I use Dropbox @ $100/year and a Digital Ocean VM) * Switch to Backblaze or another backup service of your choice instead of self-managed backups (I use Time Machine with my 2013 MBA) * Put your calendar software away for now, use Google Cal or Fastmail (depending on fu…
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on “Ask HN: If you had a month of free time, what would you do?”Submitted Regrets of the Dying as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/ : > 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. > 2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. > 3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. > 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. > 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
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on “Life Lessons from the Death Bed”See also: Regrets of the Dying https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/
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on “Life Lessons from the Death Bed”
