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kumar_ny t1_j7s4t1q wrote

Reply to [IMAGE] Bruce Lee A Great Motivation by FreeManufacture

Anybody accidentally kills anybody in a fight, they go to jail. It's called manslaughter. I think all that lethal weapon horseshit is just an excuse so you dancers never have to get in a real fight.”once upon a time in Hollywood “

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boomersapper65 t1_j7s2pza wrote

Reply to [Text]Today is the first day of being sober, also the first time i gathered enough courage and asked for help. by Lokkuri

Congrats ! One minute one hour one day one week one month one yr. Stage two. Two minutes two hours two weeks two mnths 2yrs and repeat it's good for you. The money you save an spend other places and the old friends you find and have,just the respect you get an have in vary short time is a ego booster to no end.

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chevymonza t1_j7s1s8t wrote

Reply to comment by bentschji in [image] "Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you love. It will not lead you astray." | Rumi by bentschji

Ahhh always a tricky concept, making a passion into a career! The things I love would pay even less. My passions aren't marketable (writing, translating, creative stuff.) But I have learned to incorporate some of these things into my daily routine to offset the grind. For example, designing a chart for the VP that's fun and colorful rather than the usual boring list- that got some praise! Mass emails with some graphics are also fun to do. Difficult conversations that other people don't want to get involved with, that takes finesse and some creativity. Stuff like that.

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tiny_little_planet t1_j7rzqk9 wrote

Reply to [Text]Today is the first day of being sober, also the first time i gathered enough courage and asked for help. by Lokkuri

It's amazing how much better you will sleep, feel, and look. If you are comfortable with it, I suggest taking a photo of yourself today. Then take a photo of yourself in a month, 6 months, and a year. You will be amazed at what alcohol does to your body. If you ever feel you want a drink, just look back at the photos. And remember that you did that. You will be proud, and you should be proud today.

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chillingohdylan t1_j7rzpi1 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [IMAGE] Bruce Lee A Great Motivation by FreeManufacture

I think when human beings are sitting at the desk, sitting on a screen for 40 hours a week, every single week, we yearn for more leisure. Our emotions want us to go on an adventure with our friends, travel, experience, appreciate music and art, help out in our communities, meet people, find a significant other we are interested in yet our society has become very isolating. It's harder than ever to meet people, find something you are passionate about outside of work, or just do stuff you always wanted to do. The grind and the reason why we are unmotivated is not because we are lazy but our brains are forced to pay attention to and be efficient in something we aren't necessarily interested in like working at bank, or being an electrician or an engineer. That requires 40 hours of our time every single week and our brains don't always want to do that thing we are supposed to do because we naturally don't want to do it. In fact, the purpose of humans was to reproduce, eat and survive. We made that much more complex with the society we built around us. And how an owning class exploits our labor.

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