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How do you stay motivated when you have nothing to look forward to?
Posted on 2/21/22 at 11:59 pm
Posted on 2/21/22 at 11:59 pm
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post. Still young, but nothing going right for me as of now. How to stay on track? I have to figure out what to do soon.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:01 am to lsudepression
exercise
This post was edited on 2/22/22 at 12:07 am
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:03 am to lsudepression
1. Delete social media
2. Call your family if you're on good terms or you're the one who screwed up.
3. Hit the gym
4. Get a therapist
5. Change jobs if needed.
2. Call your family if you're on good terms or you're the one who screwed up.
3. Hit the gym
4. Get a therapist
5. Change jobs if needed.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:04 am to lsudepression
Find something you are passionate about and go all in.
Hobby
New sport
Charity
Things don’t always go right but you have to understand the bigger picture.
Give to yourself via time with things you love. Give to others with things they need (charitable orgs not money necessarily).
Hobby
New sport
Charity
Things don’t always go right but you have to understand the bigger picture.
Give to yourself via time with things you love. Give to others with things they need (charitable orgs not money necessarily).
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:04 am to lsudepression
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Still young, but nothing going right for me as of now.
Good news is you still have plenty of time to figure it out
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:05 am to lsudepression
Nobody gets out of here alive, but every night when I go to bed I say, "the bastards haven't beat me yet." Some days it's all I have going for me, but it's something.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:06 am to H2O Tiger
Talk to your doctor
Therapy really helps, but some need meds too
Try to fix things that are in your control: exercise, get good sleep, get some sun, spend time with others
Good luck
Therapy really helps, but some need meds too
Try to fix things that are in your control: exercise, get good sleep, get some sun, spend time with others
Good luck
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:08 am to lsudepression
Nothing ever goes right for anyone under the age of 30 (not a dig at you, I went through it too), but one thing I've noticed about the generations behind me is that yall love to compare yourselves to celebrities and millionaires FAR more than GenX and earlier did growing up to their 30's.
Delete social media, go visit a hospital and walk around - look around at the people in there and realize how good you actually have it. I have been going through brutal cancer treatments over the last year - 3 surgeries and I'm going into my 8th round of chemo next Wednesday. I'm still optimistic and happy, why? Because in the first week of chemo last year I was parked in a chair next to a twelve year old going through a similar treatment. The kid was fighting and strong, still is - I made friends with him and his family because the hospital wouldn't let family back there to sit with him during the treatment.
Find motivation, dude. It ain't as bad and there's people going through far far worse.
Delete social media, go visit a hospital and walk around - look around at the people in there and realize how good you actually have it. I have been going through brutal cancer treatments over the last year - 3 surgeries and I'm going into my 8th round of chemo next Wednesday. I'm still optimistic and happy, why? Because in the first week of chemo last year I was parked in a chair next to a twelve year old going through a similar treatment. The kid was fighting and strong, still is - I made friends with him and his family because the hospital wouldn't let family back there to sit with him during the treatment.
Find motivation, dude. It ain't as bad and there's people going through far far worse.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:08 am to lsudepression
quote:
Still young
quote:
I have to figure out what to do soon.
Military. Best decision you'll ever make.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:11 am to lsudepression
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to post. Still young, but nothing going right for me as of now. How to stay on track? I have to figure out what to do soon.
Eat Cheetos and watch porno’s.
Make sure to wash your hands before an interview. You can always show up to an interview with an orange dick.
This post was edited on 2/22/22 at 12:16 am
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:13 am to lsudepression
Change your daily routine. It’s good to shake things up. Go for a walk or hike - take advantage of whatever outdoor activities are available in your locale. Always remember that bad days are not permanent and some sunny days are ahead. And as someone already posted, stay off Facebook, Instagram, etc.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:15 am to lsudepression
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lsudepression
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Still young, but nothing going right for me as of now.
Checks out
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:19 am to lsudepression
I dont trust a poster with 29 posts and 17 threads started
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:25 am to lsudepression
Elden Ring launches on Friday
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:28 am to lsudepression
Invent goals.
Trick yourself.
Focus on other things.
Reinvent yourself.
Do things differently.
Do things opposite.
Do drugs.
Don’t do drugs.
Trick yourself.
Focus on other things.
Reinvent yourself.
Do things differently.
Do things opposite.
Do drugs.
Don’t do drugs.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:40 am to cwil177
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Therapy really helps, but some need meds too
These two things are a cheat code to speed up the next steps.
Exercise, hobbies/side business etc... but enter the cheat code first. BTW a lot of therapist take health insurance so all you do is pay the copay.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 12:55 am to SECretariat
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BTW a lot of therapist take health insurance so all you do is pay the copay.
THIS!
Hospital I'm doing the cancer treatments at has a psychologist on duty for the patients and it has been wonderful to just have someone to unload on. I'm stuck in quarantine for the next five months because of my immune system being compromised, but this dude comes to visit in the rooms looking like he's in medical riot gear so people will have an avenue to vent their emotions and feelings - very important while going through this or the mental breakdown is accelerated.
Sometimes just having a random person you don't know personally as a valve for your brain release the pressure helps a ton. It certainly has for me.
Posted on 2/22/22 at 1:04 am to lsudepression
into every life a rain must fall.
Took me 10+ years to find a job I liked and a wife worth keeping. Much of my life was the 'in between' where I was continually dissatisfied and always trying to figure out how to get up the next rung on the ladder.
Then one day I was smiling and watching my sons roughhouse and had the sudden realization that regardless of whatever I thought of people, politics, work, school, personal responsibilities etc, I could, at that moment, be living my best and happiest days. my kids would again never be as young as they were then and neither will I.
But as for 'staying on track?' pick a goal and stick to it. Obsess over it if you have to, research every facet of it and make the things you do become steps towards accomplishing it.
Start thinking like whatever you want to accomplish is already a guarantee, "It's going to happen." and all that's left is to put in the work. I have accomplished (almost) every goal I have ever made for myself with this attitude. And yes, I got a bit obsessive; if there was a car I wanted I looked every single day to see what was out there. When I wanted to buy a house I looked at houses every single day to see if there was anything new. When I got sick of my job I looked at jobs every single day. In grad school I looked at jobs of my future profession every single day, browsing and looking up salaries and thinking about future finances like I had already graduated. etc., I could go on.
It may not work for everyone, but it's worth a shot.
Took me 10+ years to find a job I liked and a wife worth keeping. Much of my life was the 'in between' where I was continually dissatisfied and always trying to figure out how to get up the next rung on the ladder.
Then one day I was smiling and watching my sons roughhouse and had the sudden realization that regardless of whatever I thought of people, politics, work, school, personal responsibilities etc, I could, at that moment, be living my best and happiest days. my kids would again never be as young as they were then and neither will I.
But as for 'staying on track?' pick a goal and stick to it. Obsess over it if you have to, research every facet of it and make the things you do become steps towards accomplishing it.
Start thinking like whatever you want to accomplish is already a guarantee, "It's going to happen." and all that's left is to put in the work. I have accomplished (almost) every goal I have ever made for myself with this attitude. And yes, I got a bit obsessive; if there was a car I wanted I looked every single day to see what was out there. When I wanted to buy a house I looked at houses every single day to see if there was anything new. When I got sick of my job I looked at jobs every single day. In grad school I looked at jobs of my future profession every single day, browsing and looking up salaries and thinking about future finances like I had already graduated. etc., I could go on.
It may not work for everyone, but it's worth a shot.
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