How can I find joy in this just awful world
everything is shit
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One of life's hardest lessons to learn is that you can only change yourself.
If you find no joy in the world, it is not the world that must change in order to produce it, it is you that must change in order to find it.
Dave
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What they said. If you can't see the good in people and things then it's not them, it's you.
That's not saying there's bad out there - there is. But if you dwell on the bad or refuse to see the good in things then you're in for a long, miserable life. Or a short one. I think going to London and experiencing new things will be good for you. Nothing changes your perspective more than moving to a new area for a while. Even if it turns out the new place is worse than the place you're in it will be good for appreciating where you are now.
That's not saying there's bad out there - there is. But if you dwell on the bad or refuse to see the good in things then you're in for a long, miserable life. Or a short one. I think going to London and experiencing new things will be good for you. Nothing changes your perspective more than moving to a new area for a while. Even if it turns out the new place is worse than the place you're in it will be good for appreciating where you are now.
ElJuski
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take your own advice and move into watching Arrested Development.
I'm just having an existential crisis and frustration with life
I prefer "when all you have is a shotgun, all your problems start looking like zombies"
You told me you wanted to have a drink! ;_;
No.
Dave
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This doesn't apply to you, obviously. Yours would be...No.
When all you have is a vagina, everything begins to look like...another vagina.
When all you have is a vagina, everything starts to look like a homicide victim.
That's what vaginas say to him.No.
ElJuski
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Honest advice: existential crises are perfect times to either move to another part of the world and start farming tea leaves, or consume as much new media as you can until you find some new resolve in life, or otherwise throwing yourself into some sort of purpose.
Just don't go Taxi Driver on us.
Just don't go Taxi Driver on us.
I know your problems sound important for you, but I must drop this bit of advice I was told by a wise man once...
"Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff."
"Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff."
When you feel like crap/bored with life/need a new perspective/whateva, go volunteer: homeless shelter, soup kitchen, food pantry, habitat for humanity i.e. do something for complete strangers. It does help you and them.
I did a lot of volunteering stuff in high school and college. Just kind of fell out of the habit when I moved after school.
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