To not have to work another day in my life. Sure I could say to be excessively wealthy but I’m happy with satisfying basic needs and living in my simple home. All I want is to be able to wake up every day without the crushing burden of having to keep a job that keeps the spectre of starvation and homelessness away for another few days.
To be happy. Depression is hell.
The first step to happiness is to have hope. Think about a lifelong dream of your’s, and then form a plan on how to achieve it.
I’m all for hope, but clinical depression is lifelong. There’s always going to be ups and extreme downs. Stating that happiness is an end stage that people with clinical depression can reach and maintain isn’t realistic.
I have clinical depression. Speaking from experience here.
Same.
To be born a woman but since that’s not possible it would be that my transition works fast and well.
To retire. I’m not even 40 yet but I dread going to work every morning. I don’t even hate my work - I just don’t feel like even the relatively good salary I get is enough to compensate for the lost time.
I took 9 months off work (well kinda I did some freelance shit but I mostly got to not work). I did eventually get bored but it took 6 of those 9 months to actually get bored lol. It may have been different if I had enough money to do whatever I wanted but, I had enough to survive.
I think I know what you mean. I’ve hit a phase where time spent at work feels like wasted time, since it’s not time I got to spend doing something I wanted to be doing. Which is really contrary to the usual philosophy that time not spent money is wasted.
I’ve switched jobs gone back to school etc, but no matter what once something becomes a mandatory routine that time feels like a waste. I’m starting to really value and cherish the seconds I actually have control over.
This feeling gets worse when you realize that the time we have is a limited, non-renovating and exhaustible resource. We give this away for money over and over until we run out. Depressing as fuck.
Walking again would be nice.
I take my wish back and instead wish you get to walk again too
Thanks. It’s been three years and I miss it. I’ll be pretty happy just to get back to hobbling with a cane.
…I think we both have a long ways to go until retirement. Maybe a career change is in order?
What happened if I may ask?
And yeah you’re probably right. I’ve been wanting to try start my own company of one for a long time, but I’m just too scared to step out of my comfort zone despite life giving me great opportunities to switch and I’m once again staring at one in the face right now.
I have Charcot’s. So far we’ve managed to keep my legs attached but they’re in rough shape.
I know it can be scary but sometimes you just have to take the leap. Years ago I moved across the country with just what I could fit in my car and it ended up being the best decision of my life. It could go wrong or it could be the smartest thing you’ve ever done. You won’t know unless you try.
Man that’s rough… It’s really hard to appreciate things we take for granted untill it’s taken away. I really feel for the blind and people unable to walk. I couldn’t imagine having to go thru that myself. It really is things that just happens to other people and not me untill it does. I hope future medicine and science has an ace up in its sleeve to help people like you.
I’d like to know what to do next. I’m at a juncture in my career - my current gig is dragging me down, and I think I kinda maneuvered myself into a disadvantageous position.
Since forever, I’ve been a developer, sometimes leading small teams, sometimes working in committees on data interchange formats for the industry sector. Two years ago, I had the opportunity for a position as enterprise architect in a large corporation. Truth is, I still just have theoretical knowledge of what I’m supposed to be doing and feel like I’m floundering pretty bad. And corporate life is sucking out the joy in my life - so much time spent asking around what to do to adhere to process. But on the other hand, I am doing quite well financially.
Building things gives me joy - even if it’s just doing a little optimization to shave off a few milliseconds off a database request. Sitting in meetings and going over spreadsheets is not joyful. It’s been so long since I’ve been in the zone editing code. Generally, it’s been about 3 years since I’ve been coding. I’ve been considering going back, but I have no idea how to spin it in interviews - and my coding skills are dead.
Gummi bears.
Hug from someone who cares ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Yeah me too
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To go back to sleep for another few hours
Sleep
Boyfriend
Live in a country where I can legally marry my boyfriend, have a little nice place and not be bothered by people.
That my country would stop being so god damn stupid.
Can I ask what country?
Sweden
What’s stupid there?
3 things.
- increased right wing politics including fucking nazies and racistw being the second largest party now… yay/s
- we had a large amount of immigration that becouse it wassent handeled correctly a.i. actual programs for integration, lack of said social security … there are now larger wealth gaps and seperations in sweden that ever in 40 years.
- our social security is increasingly privitized and it is frustrating af. I am well off ill be fine, but it frustrates me sincr thease kind of wellfare sytems (substedies, helthcare, schools …) help reduce crime, and make people happier but no… lets just increase punishments and make sure that ritch comunites are safe and fuck upp the poor…
Well, it’s +/- the same for all Western Europe I guess. I’m from France and we also witness our then really strong public services getting weaker and weaker. Privatisation and less stated owned, leaning a bit towards the (beware, hot take) fucked up US system.
Regarding immigration, we do have a problem here : people coming to France can’t be welcomed in good conditions. We must either stop or reduce it (right wing answer) or invest way more than we do now to welcome them more decently (left wing answer). But something needs to be done indeed.
Just lay on my bed all day browsing the internet. I hope I could have such a life
