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AstroOwl_thestriks t1_j8crtag wrote

Would the fact that Cherokee came up with this saying somehow give it additional merit? Would the fact that they didn't somehow substract from its merit?

I mean, i have strong suspicion that this saying is attributed to Cherokee only to get "omg omg wise old cherokee said it by the fire so deep much wisdom very nature" reaction. But it has or has not its meaning regardless.

(Editied: numerous typos)

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Ortus14 t1_j8cqf6w wrote

This story is self contradictory. You say the last thing you ate was a lizard nine days ago, and you also say you had a Twix and half a bag of Fritos today.

You wouldn't be doing kickline tryouts if you were starving to death, nor would you turn down food that was offered to you because it wasn't good enough, or waste money on diet coke, or anything else with zero calories.

The body does generate less heat when you've been in caloric deprivation for a period of time, but the core body temperature is 98.6°F, so if "sweltering heat" is higher than that, you wouldn't be shivering cold.

So it's obviously not all true. It's hyperbolic. What are you trying to communicate?

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Next_Faithlessness87 t1_j8cjbj9 wrote

I'm not sure if that's true 'cause darkness and light cannot exist without the other (in a metaphorical sense but actually you could say it's also a somewhat technical sense since you won't be able to differ light in a world with only light, and the same goes for a world of darkness. Basically, if all you have is light and no darkness, you won't recognize the light, and vice versa), so ye can't just go like: "Oh, I'll sure there's the least amount of bad in my life and the most amount of good" because sometimes, to reach the good, you must go through some bad. Just look at any activity where ye work hard to achieve great outcomes as an example.

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ThecoachO t1_j8cgd7z wrote

That’s not the full story.

Think about it if you don’t feed the angry wolf he gets desperate and ruthless.

You Jane to acknowledge and accept and express your angry emotions in as healthy was as possible or that wolf will become so enraged that it will overcome you…. Usually over something trivial.

Go search out the full story for yourself.

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Dragnskull t1_j8cg8rw wrote

i understand what you mean but I think running non stop is what's keeping me sane. If I wanted I could just work my 9-5 and be fine financially, but that's just not who I am.

I wasted a lot of time partying in my early adulthood but also developed an entrepenuriel spirit. I wound up self employed in my mid 20's until my life reset from an extremely nasty breakup involving being lied to and left for another man. This was my second serious relationship to fall apart in this way and it did some real damage to me mentally.

to be honest it created serious emotional damage, to the point that I've been single for 10 years now. I'm incapable of connecting with anyone beyond superficial levels and at this point I've just kind of accepted I'll have to get by with casual flings that burn out from here on. I honestly don't see a wife and kids in the cards for me anymore despite being something I'd like to have.

Anyway, I used this life reset to change something: I always regretted not going to college and I decided I might as well make something good out of everything, so I signed up to college and got a "real job" to aliviate all the stress of being a 1 man army while in school. Thing is I was used to it and never fully stopped so over time I just kind of naturally built the entrepenure thing back up into a decent chunk of additional income.

Then the mom thing happened.

I don't have a girlfriend or wife, no kids, and frankly I'm already an emotional mess. I realized I think I kept doing the entrepenure thing because I can't tolerate more than 4-5 hours without being focused on something or else I start focusing on all the bad. Keeping myself going keeps the bad out, so I guess that's what I do.

Not to say this is something I'm strategically doing, but I notice I like to keep myself busy and the times I don't I start going into a pretty negative place.

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tiredfromthemeds t1_j8cfqq6 wrote

You should find something you enjoy or will feel accomplished doing. Money or status or anything like that isn't worth doing, I think that mostly because it won't make you happy, at least for me it wouldn't. I think being happy with something is more important than anything cuz you're going to do that for the rest of your life

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tiredfromthemeds t1_j8cf9y8 wrote

I'm 27 now and I always worry about my future. The first time I felt excited for the future was when me and my boyfriend decided to talk about our future and what we want to do. Knowing what I could achieve and how I can mold my future made me feel less anxious. What I want in life is to make the people I love feel cared for and to make their life a little more joyful. My mom and my boyfriend are the only people I want to have a wonderful life with, and also the kids that I'm eventually gonna have. I have some mental health problems and I started to realize everytime I do something selfish or hurtful I apologize as soon as I realize I was wrong. There's nothing more that I want then to have an amazing future with my bf and be able to take care of my mom while she ages. Thinking about death is terrifying, or losing my bf in some way, even losing my cats. Knowing that things can change instantly make me more aware of the time I might have with the people or things I love

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