This is super scary. Before I read this I was happily thinking hey it's no worse than flu. Now... I'm wishing I didn't live in a huge city riding the subway daily.
Finish my CS degree and do internships while in college instead of switching to English because it was easy. Biggest regret of my life (so far) that I'm still struggling to overcome 14 years later.
Dan John is less dogmatic and a bit more of an essayist. He's got lot's of great advice and stories about staying in shape as you get older. http://danjohn.net/
I worked as a BA until I got work at a non-profit doing lightweight database admin and legacy app administration. Now in my second year I'm helping rebuild our internal apps with react and .NET. I'm hoping to set myself up well for my next position.
ExcelIsFun helped me so much! Working with Excel and trying to make more complicated solutions is what got me interested in programming and led to the job I have now.
I've also really enjoyed "Excel 2013: Power Programming with VBA" by Walkenbach.
I've been using them for over ten years and only had to replace a pair once. I use the mc5's which are there lower tier option.
If you have ear comfort issues you can also get custom made ear molds.
They really block out so much sound it's amazing. I prefer IEM's to headphones because of the weight and heat from headphones (my ears get hot when covered).