Here's a link to a rant I wrote earlier this year on the same topic

https://medium.com/@vrashabhirde/will-the-real-restful-api-p...

(edited again to make it less rant-y and offensive and more useful)

I had a massive blow out after something I was working on did not work out, something I flew a thousand miles, leaving behind a family, to work on. The fact that I did that tells you I was the most fearless daredevil you could ever meet, and I did not know what anxiety was!

Firstly this is NORMAL, accept it. I dont know how long I struggled to accept it. Everyone is anxious, some more than others, because of either human nature or the way they are from the beginning or due to some life changing events.

Secondly I cant stress the importance of breathing exercises enough. Anytime you feel anxiety coming on(and you will eventually start to recognize it with some physical or mental symptoms) do the 4..7..8 breathing exercise

-- Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound.

-- Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four.

-- Hold your breath for a count of seven.

-- Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of eight.

--This is one breath. Now inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths. TRUST ME ON THIS. THIS IS THE HACK YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

Thirdly be mindful of your thoughts, step away every time you are anxious and see it like you were someone else advicing you, what would you say to someone else who was going through this?

Fourth - Be active! Physically. Gym, Run outdoors!

I was slightly iffy on Swimming, because although it helps physically, I always felt slightly more anxious underwater because it left me alone with my thoughts initially. But then eventually once I controlled my anxiety enough, and learned to be more mindfulness I thought it was great too!

This is how I hack anxiety and in my opinion is more than enough.

Working on https://zoomlee.com/ to make it easier to travel internationally hassle free and leave worrying about visa/passport expiration dates, international tax tracking and safety concerns to technology :). Organize and securely store important documents

WOW. Looks awesome. What's your userbase like? I HATE having to fill out my passport number in so many forms when traveling!

An UBER for visas would be awesome! Having to apply and wait and... grrrr

What is the one company that applied to YC and was rejected, that you wish had been selected?

Dont really know why its being targeted. I see a key logger comment, any extensions being used that might be suspect? and something on analytics? which I see you say has been removed . Anyway its hard to stop a chain of bad targeted comments, but it shouldn't really affect until it continues to happen for a few days. Trolls will be trolls

Not really, I am drowning in notifications all day with Quora, Facebook and twitter. What I'd really like is a auto HN to Pocket app, where all HN articles are synced into Pocket app and I can read and mark them done at my own leisure in piece on say a long bus ride. Maybe I'll build one this weekend unless I find one online.

I was thinking more just a number in the navbar. I definitely don't need any more email notifications.

Do you hire internationally ?

International candidates?

We're open to international candidates who are seriously open to relocating to SF :)