Anyone else around here been living a "meh" life lately?

[Saturos]

Seriously, I miss the good ol' days back during my high school years. All the friends I used to have are too busy with their own lives to do anything anymore and all I do nowadays is live a mundane "adult" life. Meh.

Things were a little more interesting a few years ago while I was in college in Jacksonville, but even those days have passed. I still have friends out there and am thinking of moving. Do you guys think I should move away from the black hole of a rural town I currently live in now to a city of more glitz and glamour? Seriously, the place I live now makes me feel so...old.

Who else around here has been bored with life lately?

 

[Warped]

I hear ya! same old same old. move in with some friends and it'll change everything....or so i've heard. I'm paying off bills but once I do I'm moving in with a few friends in a really big house

 

[Danimal]

I do way more than I did back in Highschool.

Life rules atm d00d

 

[Saturos]

I hear ya! same old same old. move in with some friends and it'll change everything....or so i've heard. I'm paying off bills but once I do I'm moving in with a few friends in a really big house

That's a good idea. I'm thinking about contacting some old buddies in Jacksonville FL, who needs an extra roommate to liven up things a bit. They've got a lease at an apartment complex out there you know?

I do way more than I did back in Highschool.

Life rules atm d00d

Really? What's your secret then?

 

[Darkside55]

Who else around here has been bored with life lately?

I think the problem is there aren't enough dragons on your shirts. You need to up the level of dragons from one or two to like four per shirt. That will make your life exciting again.

 

[Danimal]

Really? What's your secret then?

I got a knack.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

For crack?

 

[Danimal]

For crack?

 

[morgs]

I'm actually very happy just cruising along...mainly because i'm an introvert and I actually prefer my own company...I don't need to socialize.

 

[Dodo]

do some drugs maybe? :naughty:

-dodo

 

[DEATHMASTER]

drugs called dodo?

 

[Rizzo]

Yeah it's pretty meh, but that's okay, it's way better then rage.

 

[Shift]

Yeh I feel the same way, but its more because I have a yearning to move on from my old friends and life. Life is pretty crap at the moment, revision for tests for a uni course I dont really care about anymore doesnt help.

 

[Saturos]

Yeh I feel the same way, but its more because I have a yearning to move on from my old friends and life. Life is pretty crap at the moment, revision for tests for a uni course I dont really care about anymore doesnt help.

What course would that be?

 

[VirusType2]

I am terrified of being old.

Seriously.

Complete with nightmares and everything.


Before I'm gone, I want to do something spectacular - not like skydiving or anything, but something permanent. Something to further science, the arts, or mankind. Invent something that will live on. I dunno. Any ideas would be great.

I think having children might fill that void I'm feeling, but, for various reasons I won't get into here, I don't think I will.

Meh.

 

[Dodo]

drugs called dodo?

never said anything like that... and i like signing my posts, makes me feel old skool / elite.

-dodo

 

[Dodo]

I am terrified of being old.

Seriously.

Complete with nightmares and everything.


Before I'm gone, I want to do something spectacular - not like skydiving or anything, but something permanent. Something to further science, the arts, or mankind. Invent something that will live on. I dunno. Any ideas would be great.

I think having children might fill that void I'm feeling, but, for various reasons I won't get into here, I don't think I will.

Meh.

build a laser canon and laser your face in the moon.

-dodo

 

[jondy]

Oh, I second the laser-face-moon thing.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Life is pretty gay and not in the "happy" or "ISUCKDICKSLOL" way.

 

[mortiz-Redux]

Heh, that's life, being miserable is the natural state, true happyness is usually rare when you do find it now and again it's only very temporary.

 

[repiV]

If something in your life is causing you misery, the sensible thing to do is to take action and change it. So yes - move. Staying where you are obviously isn't doing anything for you.

We all have "meh" moments from time to time, even if life is great. Borne I think out of the repetitiveness of everyday life, you have to just keep introducing new things into your life to keep it fresh and have stuff to look forward to.

I was in a similar situation to you really, I had a pretty good life then I did my leg in and had no life. That was OK because I focused on getting better and then getting my life back. Problem being when I was finally able to start doing things again several months later I had no life left to go back to...there was nothing. It was quite depressing actually, so I moved away on a whim. Best thing I ever did, and every time I go back to that miserable shithole that is our wonderful capital city (a zoo for humans), only reinforces what a great idea it was to move.

Don't think about it, just go and do it. You'll be much happier.

Heh, that's life, being miserable is the natural state, true happyness is usually rare when you do find it now and again it's only very temporary.

Bollocks.

 

[mortiz-Redux]

Bollocks.

I'm happy if you've found sustainable happiness, but I'm telling you the majority of people in this world are miserable, a great number live in abject poverty so I don't blame them.

 

[jet_porkins]

true happyness is usually rare when you do find it now and again it's only very temporary.

/emochar

I'm heavily inclined to disagree.

 

[repiV]

I'm happy if you've found sustainable happiness, but I'm telling you the majority of people in this world are miserable, a great number live in abject poverty so I don't blame them.

Many people in abject poverty tend to be happier then the miserable bastards in Western countries. Probably because they have low expectations, a much simpler if not easier lifestyle, a lot of human contact and are at peace with their place in the world. We, on the other hand, have so much and so little to show for it.

On that note, I grew up in one of the richest parts of the country where everyone is miserable, rude and grumpy. I moved to one of the poorest parts of the country - where everyone is happy, cheerful and friendly. And the quality of life is infinitely higher, even though the cars on the driveway are nowhere near as flashy.

Being miserable is not a "natural state". But the causes of unhappiness in Western society are usually the same - a pointless life borne of pursuing $$$ at the cost of everything else, and social isolation.

You can't buy happiness. Using the internet does not count as social contact. An evening in front of the TV is not time well spent. If you can grasp these concepts, you're halfway there. If you can avoid big cities like the plague, yet still find somewhere to live that isn't a nothing town, you're even closer.

 

[Dodo]

I'm happy if you've found sustainable happiness, but I'm telling you the majority of people in this world are miserable, a great number live in abject poverty so I don't blame them.

Poor people arent miserable in general, they look at live in an entirely different way... I think they have some absolutly terrible times, but when peace settles (if it ever does) there 'happy'.
We on the otherhand have absolutly NOTHING to complain about, yet we make ourselfs feel shit.

-dodo

 

[jet_porkins]

Being miserable is not a "natural state". But the causes of unhappiness in Western society are usually the same - a pointless life borne of pursuing $$$ at the cost of everything else, and social isolation.

You can't buy happiness.

Quoted for emphasis.

True happiness and peace with mankind doesn't happen when you've climbed to a certain point in the ladder of wealthy success. "If I could just attain a middle-class salary, then I will truly be happy." ... "If I could just get that six-figure income, then I will truly be happy." ... "If I could just win the lottery, then I will truly be happy."

The pattern goes up and up. Money never satisfies, you always want more.

Life is the best thing that has ever happened to the living. Don't let the American Dream (or whatever) ruin it for you.

 

[mechanicallizard]

i'm bored as ****. i may just bugger off to indonesia for a while though.
i dont know what im gonna do there, but im going anyway.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

You guys are ridiculously patronising. Being poor is shit.

 

[Dodo]

i'm bored as ****. i may just bugger off to indonesia for a while though.
i don't know what im gonna do there, but im going anyway.

Well, knowing (kinda) what its like where you live, id say do, everything's better then that shithole. Forgive me if im wrong and you secretly love it there...
Anyway, you'll miss that natural paranoia/adrenalin live style...

-dodo

 

[VirusType2]

The cost of living is what makes being poor really difficult. The closer you live to the good paying jobs, the more expensive housing and taxes get.

 

[mechanicallizard]

Well, knowing (kinda) what its like where you live, id say do, everything's better then that shithole. Forgive me if im wrong and you secretly love it there...
Anyway, you'll miss that natural paranoia/adrenalin live style...

-dodo

actually i have been stuck in england for the past manth and a half.
honestly, id rather be in a third world country with no electricity,
shit water, dirt roads, etc, etc, than here. this. place. sucks.
i really just dont get how/why (WHY?!?!) people live here.

 

[repiV]

You guys are ridiculously patronising. Being poor is shit.

Poor is a relative term. How you make use of the money you have is more important then the amount of money you earn.

The critical point being, however, that being rich isn't, in itself, great. It's entirely possible to be poor and happy or rich and miserable. Christ, how many people rave about their student days and how it was the best three years of their lives, despite being really, really poor?

The sacrifices that must be made in order to become rich are hardly worth the end result. If someone wants to offer me loads of money for nothing I'm not going to turn it down, but you won't find me working my life away for it.

 

[repiV]

actually i have been stuck in england for the past manth and a half.
honestly, id rather be in a third world country with no electricity,
shit water, dirt roads, etc, etc, than here. this. place. sucks.
i really just dont get how/why (WHY?!?!) people live here.

What do you hate about it so much?

 

[mechanicallizard]

What do you hate about it so much?

EVERYTHING

im just not used to this way of life i guess. (the first world)

 

[repiV]

Can't really help out if I don't know what's wrong.

Could just be culture shock, who knows.

 

[Saturos]

The cost of living is what makes being poor really difficult. The closer you live to the good paying jobs, the more expensive housing and taxes get.

It's a vicious cycle.

If you can avoid big cities like the plague, yet still find somewhere to live that isn't a nothing town, you're even closer.

Orange Park FL, which is right next to Jacksonville, is a relatively nice suburb. Not so obnoxious like larger cities such as Chicago or NY, but not so dead as to not land any relatively decent jobs. Also plenty of places to hang out and that's where most of my friends are these days. (You guys don't count as your not my friends, not because it's the internets lol)

 

[repiV]

The cost of living is what makes being poor really difficult. The closer you live to the good paying jobs, the more expensive housing and taxes get.

Ain't that the truth.

Bizarre really, in London police officers and teachers etc. struggle somewhat, but down in Cornwall they're some of the wealthiest people around.

Unfortunately round where I live it's the worst of both worlds financially. Everyone wants to live here so it's really expensive, but there's also very little wealth here and decent jobs are few and far between. If I lost my job I would probably have to move away, given the current climate. Talking £525 a month absolute minimum to rent a 1 bed flat round here, plus bills and council tax. It's not much cheaper than in London but hardly anyone here could afford that on their own.

Beats living in some cheap shithole up north though.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Poor is a relative term. How you make use of the money you have is more important then the amount of money you earn.

The critical point being, however, that being rich isn't, in itself, great. It's entirely possible to be poor and happy or rich and miserable. Christ, how many people rave about their student days and how it was the best three years of their lives, despite being really, really poor?

The sacrifices that must be made in order to become rich are hardly worth the end result. If someone wants to offer me loads of money for nothing I'm not going to turn it down, but you won't find me working my life away for it.

Oh yeah, do I choose between heating or food?
I'm fortunate that I have enough money to live now, but it wasn't like that when I was younger. We had some very cold winters. I wasn't happier then than I am now. Having money means that I have choice.

I don't think simply having a pile of money will make me happy(Although it would be pretty novel). Does anyone ever think that? Wanting money is about being enabled. I'll concede that a lot of people do have enough money to be happy and comfortable, but the way you polarised it by saying "Rich people are moody and sad" and "Poor people are happy" is just plain daft.

 

[repiV]

Orange Park FL, which is right next to Jacksonville, is a relatively nice suburb. Not so obnoxious like lager cities like Chicago or NY, but not so dead as to not land any relatively decent jobs. Also plenty of places to hang out and that's where most of my friends are these days. (You guys don't count as your not my friends, not because it's the internets lol)

Well that helps massively. I had a couple of friends down here before I moved, too.

From what you're saying I can guarantee you won't regret just going for it. I mean it must have been pretty shit for you when you couldn't get into the military like you planned, so now I guess you're just in a sea of nothingness. At the very least if you move you'll be making a big change and life will be moving forwards.

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a higher class of misery.