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re: mid 30s and tired / burned out...
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:15 pm to Luke
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:15 pm to Luke
Could be a bit of depression sneaking in on you. It can be a problem if you've ever suffered from anxiety or depression in the past and can end up leading to dysthymia if left untreated. Do you live alone? I've found that social isolation can make these feelings worse. Spend more time around friends and family. It helps me with my dysthymia.
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Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:16 pm to Luke
Stand back, fellas. I got this.
Everything you describe was me 10-12 years ago. I'm now 48 and still at it, but I stopped caring so much a long time ago. And I'm happier because of it. Because it's never, ever worth it.
Stop chasing the brass ring. Spend time with your kids Leave work early for a beer once or twice a week. Do a good job, but don't care so much that you are never satisfied. When you leave the office, leave all your shite at the office.
Everything you describe was me 10-12 years ago. I'm now 48 and still at it, but I stopped caring so much a long time ago. And I'm happier because of it. Because it's never, ever worth it.
Stop chasing the brass ring. Spend time with your kids Leave work early for a beer once or twice a week. Do a good job, but don't care so much that you are never satisfied. When you leave the office, leave all your shite at the office.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:17 pm to Mike da Tigah
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No, actually it isn't. It also isn't just a one size fits all answer to everything or you wouldn't find preachers taking sabbaticals from preaching if all they had to do was just give it to God.
Let's not turn this into a big slam religion thread now.
Being a Christian isn't about God just magically solving your problems.
It's just recognizing that you can't always fix everything on your own. That when you face tough times you need to rely on your faith to help you through it. It means handing over the reigns to that problem to God and let Him be in control of it instead of you thinking you can fix it all on your own.
It's basically just about being humble really.
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:19 pm to Mike da Tigah
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No, actually it isn't. It also isn't just a one size fits all answer to everything or you wouldn't find preachers taking sabbaticals from preaching if all they had to do was just give it to God.
No Mike. No it isn't. It's one of the simplest things in the world and very difficult to do. It requires faith. Another simple concept that's difficult to achieve.
I'm far from spiritual, but it's the best advice you'll ever get. Executing it is the hard part.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:19 pm to Tiger Ryno
If god was interested in carrying OP's burden then he'd have just done it already. God doesn't need permission. And maybe he would've saved OP's wife too if he was interested in helping OP
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:21 pm to biglego
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If god was interested in carrying OP's burden then he'd have just done it already. God doesn't need permission. And maybe he would've saved OP's wife too if he was interested in helping OP
Obvious troll is obvious
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:22 pm to Lloyd Christmas
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Dating is a pretty terrible return on investment
Quitting women is easy to do when you aren't getting laid anyway
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:23 pm to lsunurse
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Let's not turn this into a big slam religion thread not.
Alright. I believe, and am not slamming faith, but there is a lot of vagueness in religiosity and that's one of them that people just throw out there all the time when they don't know what to say to someone, and don't want to bother with it or get involved. I get it, but let's not "church it up" either.
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It's just recognizing that you can't always fix everything on your own. That when you face tough times you need to rely on your faith to help you through it. It means handing over the reigns to that problem to God and let Him be in control of it instead of you thinking you can fix it all on your own.
I get every bit of what you're saying, but fact is, people go through dry spells in life, times where they feel burnt and like their prayers are bouncing off the ceiling, and pressing in but still nothing. It's not always the answer to just tell people to give it to God when they already have but there's something else that's causing it, and that's where listening and being a person's actual friend and keeper comes into play. We don't have much time for that anymore though I'm afraid.
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:23 pm to tigerinthebueche
Actually I thought the first give it to god was a troll post
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:23 pm to biglego
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Biglego
You are a douche
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Op
Go waste some time. Hurry before it gets too damn hot. Doing nothing is important sometimes.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:23 pm to Lloyd Christmas
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same boat. I quit a few years ago. Single women in their 30's are damaged and broken looking for any guy to be their sperm donor. OT poor, so no money to buy younger women. I don't know what women think they are selling. Spending $400 a month to get sex, where I can achieve the same result with 10 minutes and the internet, without the bitching or hearing her stupid problems. I can use that $400 bucks a month to travel or get a new vehicle. Dating is a pretty terrible return on investment
Posts like this convince me that end times is near.
No desire? Step up your game, start shacking up with women in their forties, divorcees. There are many.
The internet is nothin like a human pussy. Fact.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:24 pm to Luke
I hit that wall the first time in my thirties. Affected my work, I was at the peak of my profession and I fricking hated it. No amount of money was worth it so i moved on. Ended up taking a job where I made decent money but was completely in control of my time. Raised my kids myself. Sailed a lot. Enjoyed life. But eventually that job was lost to a hurricane and some incompetent ownership and I found out that I'd just spent most of a decade painting myself into a corner career wise.
Just took a VP position at the age of 47 that's either my dream job or the death of me. Starts next week.
Long story short, life is what you live through. So live it.
Just took a VP position at the age of 47 that's either my dream job or the death of me. Starts next week.
Long story short, life is what you live through. So live it.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:25 pm to hardhead
You are delicious
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:25 pm to tigerinthebueche
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No Mike. No it isn't. It's one of the simplest things in the world and very difficult to do. It requires faith. Another simple concept that's difficult to achieve. I'm far from spiritual, but it's the best advice you'll ever get. Executing it is the hard part.
Well flying would solve my traffic problems, but I'm still just human.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:33 pm to Mike da Tigah
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Well flying would solve my traffic problems, but I'm still just human.
Hey now. I don't know that even divine intervention would solve Baron Rouge traffic woes
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:35 pm to Luke
At age 31, I got out of rat race. Will live in a tent in the woods before I go back to that, and I didn't have it as bad as most young professionals (mainly because I never did play the game really).
I have plenty of regrets but failing/refusing to work more/harder at a job is not one of them.
And gyms are depressing to me. Do stuff outside. Americans have a serious vitamin D deficiency.
Do stuff for others in need w no expectation of return or recognition.
Go on a long backcountry trip w no phone.
I have plenty of regrets but failing/refusing to work more/harder at a job is not one of them.
And gyms are depressing to me. Do stuff outside. Americans have a serious vitamin D deficiency.
Do stuff for others in need w no expectation of return or recognition.
Go on a long backcountry trip w no phone.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:42 pm to The Third Leg
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Step up your game, start shacking up with women in their forties, divorcees. There are many.
The internet is nothin like a human pussy. Fact.
there are plenty of desperate women that would bang me. Just not into desperation or getting it from grandmas and fatties. When I cared, I preferred to trick hot ones into sleeping with me, ha.
the boom at the end is the same, that is all I am concerned about.
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:43 pm to Luke
I was in the same boat until recently. Self-employed for twenty and a half years. The fire was not there anymore. Sold out and went to work for the man. A lot less stress and I get to see the wife and kids more. Less money but we are much happier. Hardest thing I have ever done was quitting my own business. Ten times harder than starting the business. I haven't looked back and life is great. Good luck to you.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:49 pm to lsunurse
Good post nurse. I agree. GOD IS not always going to fix your pain but he will join you in your suffering. He may not kill your enemy but he will jump in the fox hole with youu. That is what I meant.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:49 pm to Luke
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Luke
watch fight club, join a boxing gym
it is time
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