that was powerful

Having the ability to live your life to the fullest each day is directly related to how much disposable income in your pocket.

"but you're still not ready to go"

Can't fuckin relate.

Im high in bed right now and my days going to be great because I'm going to a buffet and then I'm coming home to chop some wood, drink some beer and hangout with my girlfriend and dog, topped off with dinner and a movie. Im happy with today

Girl I just had a colonoscopy I think I deserve a scroll and a nap

I'm sitting here after a 10h work day with about half that much in terms of sleep. If this was my one day, I'd probably have skipped work, not cleaned the kitchen, and thus had a lot more energy to go out and get pissed with the mates now. But this isn't my last day on earth, so I will experience the consequences of skipping work and having a messy kitchen and being hungover and getting even less sleep. So I do the responsible thing and scroll for a few minutes while the yeast in my homemade pizza dough is rising so I can finish making dinner.

All of this is just to say: I'd live my life very differently if this was both a simulation and my last day on earth. Because consequences are a non-factor. But sadly this is real life and I need a good income and get some semblance of enough sleep and not die of a heart attack by 40.

The problem Is financial not spiritual or philosophical.

I didn't like this very much.

I am struggling right now. And I feel like i don't have enough of anything. Time. Energy. Money. Willpower.

That said, part of that thought experiment did help. It made me realize that today's problems will one day be yesterday's problems.

Powerfully said, but kind of incoherent with how activity and motivation actually work.

"Luxuriating" is me sitting around and doing nothing, while doing something is almost always me setting myself up for future contentedness. So, while I'd love to come back to a random day I had successfully set up for contentedness, I would not like to come back to a random day where I was, like, cleaning and working out.

I think the more coherent thought experiment is just how many days do you want to look back on that were full and contented rather than days you put off doing everything to make those better days happen.

i’m tired of the go-to motivation for living my life is the fact that i’m going to die one day

what if i feel the way i feel for a reason, and the fear of death and loss overriding those feelings only makes me ignore the parts of life i legitimately have issues with?

r/thanksimcured