• Tja@programming.dev
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    8 days ago

    I do remember. Almost every day. Wife, kids, house. Got everything, and it has lived up to every expectation.

    So far I don’t have any new wants, lifestyle inflation or anything like that. I was a bit afraid as colleagues get into very expensive hobbies and stuff. Playing hide and seek with the kids, or watching some fun videos on the TV is enough for me.

  • Zozano@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Remember when I don’t want what I currently have?

    (Oh God, what have I done?!)

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    9 days ago

    My live used to be much better back then … I don’t think the two are particularly related for me, though.

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    Ten years ago I spent a few days twitching with dystonia on the floor of a state psychiatric hospital and thought to myself that it couldn’t be that hard to do that job properly. I went back and worked there for two years, went back to school and became a nurse and I’ve been my current hospital’s crisis deescalation and physical skills instructor and emergency behavioral response nurse to the medical units for two years now. 🎉

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    100%

    I suffer from depression, so reminding myself of how fortunate I am is pretty important. I know objectively that, even with my struggles, there are billions of people who’d switch places with me if they could, and my life is pretty okay.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I still want what I currently have, but I never wanted ONLY what I currently have.

    But, I got old and tired, and have settled for what I’ve been able to get, because fuck it.

    None of this means I’m not happy, but like Calvin said, “Things could be a whole lot better, too!”

  • DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    This goes right back to thinking that you’re going to be a different person in the future.

    • When I am old enough to drive
    • When I am an adult
    • When I get that dream job
    • When I get that cool car
    • When I get that dope house
    • When I find the perfect partner
    • When I get married
    • When I have a beautiful family
    • When I can finally retire

    You’re still gonna be the same person. There’s no dividing line. You are always going to be the entity that you are right this second. Tomorrow you will be the same human being, just with 1 less day to live. In 20 years from now you’ll still be the same human being. But with 20 years less to live. Did you use those 20 years wisely?

    If you don’t love yourself now, you won’t love yourself in the future. Work on yourself. Learn to love all the good things about yourself, right now. If there are things you can improve about yourself, then work on those things.