Being an adult in this era, what are your thoughts on life so far?

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i think the next step is to be famous and see how that feels:ehh:
I'm semi-famous in my industry in the city I live in. It's weird being recognized on the street by randoms who saw you on stage somewhere or in a photo or a video or showing up at a conference and half the people there already know who you are though they've never met you. It's weird when people applaud when you get on stage cuz they know who you are and they know you're going to deliver. It's weird when people are so nervous to talk to you that they get awkward and tremble or don't know what to say. I'm just a regular dude in a regular apartment with a regular car and a regular girlfriend yet the fantasy that people have of me based on my work leads people to think I'm somehow more special than they are. Broads want to fukk you. Dudes are either jealous of you or want to hang with you. What ends up happening is people start to come off as simple when you realize they worship an image of you and not who you really are. And really, I'm not super cool or nothing, I'm just good at what I do.

I think that's why I'm disillusioned. Adulthood has shattered the fantasy that I had of people when I was a kid, that they generally had it together and were virtuous, smart, and working toward the greater good. The reality is that most people in this world live vapid existences, ignorant of the world outside their bubble, their lives are completely based on obtaining pleasure and they will throw anybody who isn't a close loved one under the bus in order to get it. Most people ain't shyt and don't stand for shyt. And it sucks. Cuz I thought the real world would be better than this as a kid.
 

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shyt is hard. Sometimes I wanna just stop working and smoke weed all day and backpack throughout the world. But I know that's not my persona. On the other side it's a whole lot of opportunities to succeed, I wanna get rich through real estate and stocks while working my 9-5 or owning my own business
 

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I think for me, it's just being thankful for what you have.
If you go drive around and see how many ppl have less than you and often it's thru no fault of their own.

Also, just the fakeness of so many people, I think ppl are faker these days than ever before. I can't prove that, but the stakes are much higher these days b/c the economy is different than when we were kids, ppl wanna be rich so bad and will shortcut it however they think will help..

If you have 2-3 REAL friends that are down, that's better than having a phone full of 90-100 "friends"(contacts). I can see on a larger level why a dude like Kanye doesnt have a cell phone.


Most importantly, keeping a positive attitude does open doors and ideas for you moreso than being negative.
 

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ive learned that the second you are born you become a slave to work. the key is to live as frugal a possible so you don't HAVE to work 60+ hrs/week to maintain a certain lifestyle and can have more time to enjoy your personal time. the younger you are when you realize this the better. if more ppl realized it period then less babies would be born.
 

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I think that's why I'm disillusioned. Adulthood has shattered the fantasy that I had of people when I was a kid, that they generally had it together and were virtuous, smart, and working toward the greater good. The reality is that most people in this world live vapid existences, ignorant of the world outside their bubble, their lives are completely based on obtaining pleasure and they will throw anybody who isn't a close loved one under the bus in order to get it. Most people ain't shyt and don't stand for shyt. And it sucks. Cuz I thought the real world would be better than this as a kid.

You sound just like me. Its sad the day you realize that adults don't have this shyt figured out like you thought they did when you were a child.
 

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I think that's why I'm disillusioned. Adulthood has shattered the fantasy that I had of people when I was a kid, that they generally had it together and were virtuous, smart, and working toward the greater good. The reality is that most people in this world live vapid existences, ignorant of the world outside their bubble, their lives are completely based on obtaining pleasure and they will throw anybody who isn't a close loved one under the bus in order to get it. Most people ain't shyt and don't stand for shyt. And it sucks. Cuz I thought the real world would be better than this as a kid.

This is especially true. I remember as a kid I had so much virtue and would stand up for what I believed in no matter what the punishment. I was an angry and driven boy. Got in fights constantly. There's a quote that goes "The truly passionate are little boys."

If I had been able to see myself as I am today I would have been disgusted. As you grow older and your hormones surge you develop an ego and a sad pettiness. You get thirsty for girls and are more and more willing to throw away your dignity just for the chance to maybe bust a nut. You get jealous and petty and insecure. I never used to be insecure as a little kid. I could make friends with anyone. Now if a guy is taller and better looking than me and I see all the girls looking his way it's like man fukk that nikka :wtb:. I never used to talk behind peoples back and found gossip to be revolting and now I talk more shyt than anybody. That's life man. Being an adult turns you into a piece of shyt. Because it's those pieces of shyt that do the most reproducing and pass on their genes.

That's why highschool can be such a trying time for some people. All these changes happen and you go from being a virtous confident kid to a tryhard insecure young adult. I saw it happen to a lot of friends and it happened to me. I honestly think growing up kills the best parts of some people. Especially in our modern culture where kids act all grown at 13. When you meat a girl that still has that innocence and joy that just lights up a room it's like damn :ohlawd: that's wifey right there

I think you see that in a lot more guys than you do in girls. Most chicks nowadays are jaded and dulled by their early 20s.

I don't know where I was going with this but yea, life definitely changes you and growing up turns out to be the biggest disappointment of all.
 

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Life is too short to work against yourself. The way I see it, I was given a position at the beginning of life, and my endgame is to try to better that position as much as possible. I might not ascend as high as I'd like, and there's people who began the game higher than I'll ever get. It's not fair, but I gotta have goals.

Have goals and work slow and steady, because what most people don't have is consistency. Everyone wants to make an effort, but few people actually consistently make the effort over the years, every damn day, instead of sleeping in or getting high or watching netflix or losing hope or whatever. I have to set a goal that's gonna put me in a comfortable situation and never lose sight of it.

I want a degree, then I want to work for the government. That means schoolwork is my priority, along with studying stuff pertaining to the job I want to get, but that still leaves me time for extra stuff, like watching the news, reading books, learning new languages & browsing the coli :lolbron:

I like helping people, but I think you're always in a better position to do it when you don't have to worry about yourself. It's easier to be kind then. And honestly, I never want to stop caring. Like, other people only complicate your life most of the time, but you're here to be part of the system and if you lose track of that, you begin to think the world begins and ends with you... that's the path to insanity right there. So I guess being around people keeps me sane. I can learn a lot from others.
 
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