You 100% must learn how to not give a fuck sometimes. I’ve found that alcohol helps with this.
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Hang in there, it gets worse
You were brainwashed to think that you are supposed to be hyper individualistic - you arent.
I just constantly ignore my to do list because otherwise I would never relax.
I wish they had something to like shut my brain off and just do the shit I need to do without the significant amount of effort it takes. I just don't care about so many things that need to get down and I'm nervous to do half of them for no good reason.
Adderall helps me actually pay attention. And stay quiet.
But Jesus all this other shit that goes on makes everything insufferable.
Yeah dude, the most important part about chilling is shutting off the worry tap and fully ignoring it for a while
You become aware of the futility of existence, how in another 50 years if youre lucky none of this will matter in the slightest because you'll be dead, just as life becomes the hardest to cope with.
So anyone 25-40 and still pretending to smile - youre a fucking warrior.
I cant find the relevant SMBC.
I'm just always cutting the grass and staring at my overgrown garden.
God I feel this in my core.
country music talked about that years ago ... I still enjoy quoting an old song from Hank Williams from the 1940s
"I'll never get out of this world alive!"
Would've been ironic if Hank Williams had later become an astronaut.
I think several of the astronaut crews were fans of Hank Williams ... I pretty sure one of them played this tune while floating in space looking down at the earth.
Is there always something that needs to be sorted, or are we all just monkeys with OCD?
ouch. I'm reading this while chilling.
BIG chillin over here. I've discovered that giving myself at least one day every other week of mandatory not giving a fuck actually makes me fare more able to deal with the shit that needs to be dealt with the rest of the time.
For me it’s Sunday. Mon-Fri is work, Saturday is chores, Sunday is big chillin. (Except things like taking out the trash and whatnot of course)
Depends where, the personal circumstances, and how much money one has. In "civilization", it's so horribly easy to succumb to existential dread and chronic anxiety.
There are places where your waking life is figuratively or literally flipping burgers, constantly bombarded by requests for something to be fixed, and you're given little to no time to pause except for which to go home, eat and sleep. Then there are places where you could wake up one morning and just walk out into the beach, trying to figure out what to do next.
Meh, not really. Things to sort out come in batches and are spread out.
For me the surprising thing about adulting was how many exams there are. I genuinely believed that once I got my degree I would be done with studying for exams but no, there's always another one to pass. Language exams, professional certifications, license exams for different hobbies. This shit never ends.
I graduated almost 15 years ago and have never taken another exam lol
Maybe it's just me then :(
Yup, just you. The only "exams" I took after becoming an adult were at college or when I took an open book, written exam to move my driver's license to a new state. There are some certifications I could take, but they're not necessary so I don't bother.
I don't see it that way. If there's always something you have to be doing, then that's the life you chose. Yeah, there's some things that are usually necessary. Your job will take a third, sleep another third and the rest is up to you to decide. If the remaining third is spent doing things you don't like doing the majority of the time, then change it.
My life is fucking boring, but I can say I spend my third doing exactly what I want. There's odd things in there that come along and take time away but they aren't a constant. Want to live this life? Say no, do less, chill more. Life is what you make it.
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I feel like thinking this just speaks to the level of dysfunction with which we were raised. We are taught that the point of life is to go do things or drive a car or watch Netflix. The point of life is to survive and reproduce. Everything else is supposed to be secondary.