Wasted your prime on sone bullshyt.
When and what made you start to take life seriously?
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Heafcliffe
Hope there's puddin' in the clink...
My father passing when I was 25 put things in perspective.
I agree with this. Shortly thereafter, I realized that all relationships (blood or not), friendships, etc. are conditional in some respect or another.
Tough lesson.
I agree with this. Shortly thereafter, I realized that all relationships (blood or not), friendships, etc. are conditional in some respect or another.
Tough lesson.
BigBlackSea
All Star
Multiple times, because I'm boneheaded
Showed up to an Air Force Academy interview in high school and didn't think to wear a suit jacket, depsite my father telling me to wear the damn jacket. Walked into the room where the other candidates were, and everyone else was fully suited up. The fukking embarrassment...
Failed almost all my courses or got D's my first semester in college trying to live The American Pie life.
Flunked my pilot's license exam and had to shell out another 500 dollars a month later, instead of being proactive with my studies.
Got fired from my first job out of college for not doing the bare minimum.
I'd say recently again, as lifestyle creep was starting to affect my finances as of late. Nothing devastating, but I live in Cali, and I'm looking to secure home ownership and a new car in the next few years, so I gotta tighten my belt build my wealth up instead of falling pretty to consumerism ploys meant to divorce people from their money.
Showed up to an Air Force Academy interview in high school and didn't think to wear a suit jacket, depsite my father telling me to wear the damn jacket. Walked into the room where the other candidates were, and everyone else was fully suited up. The fukking embarrassment...
Failed almost all my courses or got D's my first semester in college trying to live The American Pie life.
Flunked my pilot's license exam and had to shell out another 500 dollars a month later, instead of being proactive with my studies.
Got fired from my first job out of college for not doing the bare minimum.
I'd say recently again, as lifestyle creep was starting to affect my finances as of late. Nothing devastating, but I live in Cali, and I'm looking to secure home ownership and a new car in the next few years, so I gotta tighten my belt build my wealth up instead of falling pretty to consumerism ploys meant to divorce people from their money.
Realized my parents are losers in life and I have inherited or been nurtured to have several of their traits so I'm nearly damned, and I have the self-awareness to know the guillotine is raised above my head.
TLDR: My life was rigged to fail and I have the self-awareness to know just how damned I am.
I know that's not the PC answer most people are expecting but that's my reality.
Funnily enough, one of my good friends dying at 18 didn't really affect me all that much, if I had the self awareness years ago that should've been a massive red flag that something was wrong with my worldview.
TLDR: My life was rigged to fail and I have the self-awareness to know just how damned I am.
I know that's not the PC answer most people are expecting but that's my reality.
Funnily enough, one of my good friends dying at 18 didn't really affect me all that much, if I had the self awareness years ago that should've been a massive red flag that something was wrong with my worldview.
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Been taking it seriously for a while but you get older and get more locked in as you see you only got you.
It depends. 9th grade is when I stopped being a bully/overly impulsive turd and started actually thinking things through before doing them. I'd actually stay my hand instead of swinging on someone off the jump. I actually paid more attention to my studies. In terms of truly getting serious about life and reflecting on everything, a few years ago so mid-30s. Even though I had a good career and made good money, I was actually somewhat unhappy and felt like I was suffocating. Many of the goals I had once wanted I realized I had been setting them aside for "whenever I have a chance". I transitioned over to what I do now and I feel much happier and fulfilled and find myself actually pursuing the shyt I kept putting off as well.
Not yet. Check back in another couple decades.
Nah. I take life seriously in the sense that I steer clear of bullshyt. Maybe sometimes treading too carefully, but always on the side of caution.
What I have consistently NOT done is really buckle down and put 100% effort into anything. Work. Relationships. School. Friends. You name it. I do what I feel and if that clashes with the goals and desires of others, oh well. So I don't get as far with these things as I could if I really tried.
Nah. I take life seriously in the sense that I steer clear of bullshyt. Maybe sometimes treading too carefully, but always on the side of caution.
What I have consistently NOT done is really buckle down and put 100% effort into anything. Work. Relationships. School. Friends. You name it. I do what I feel and if that clashes with the goals and desires of others, oh well. So I don't get as far with these things as I could if I really tried.
Fill Collins
Able to get note from doctor
23, I'm 24 now
Long story short, I was, still kinda am, stuck in an immature, pleasure first-state
A nikka was broke, blowing his money on going out, beer and weed every pay day
I realized that I couldn't keep living like this and I just felt like a fukk up
Still at my current job, but I'm doing classes on Coursera and finding scholarships for college, baby steps
Long story short, I was, still kinda am, stuck in an immature, pleasure first-state
A nikka was broke, blowing his money on going out, beer and weed every pay day
I realized that I couldn't keep living like this and I just felt like a fukk up
Still at my current job, but I'm doing classes on Coursera and finding scholarships for college, baby steps
Loss my job in 2008
My so called friends who I lended 20 dollars or hit the clubs with all disappeared when I needed help, not even money I ask for but nikkas couldn’t even give a nikka a cup of soup..
After that I cut everyone off , got me a new job and just focus on paying my debts and treating only myself to what I want and it’s been a blessing to get rid of the waste of so called friends
Mom and Dad only ones that was truly there and I been good ever since
My so called friends who I lended 20 dollars or hit the clubs with all disappeared when I needed help, not even money I ask for but nikkas couldn’t even give a nikka a cup of soup..
After that I cut everyone off , got me a new job and just focus on paying my debts and treating only myself to what I want and it’s been a blessing to get rid of the waste of so called friends
Mom and Dad only ones that was truly there and I been good ever since
Been supporting myself since I was a teen. Always taken life seriously even when I was fukking up. I don't have nobody to fall back on.
I been taking it seriously for most of my life, but I was going about it wrong.
Didn't really understand HOW I wanted to accomplish my goals until I lost my long time job around 2017/2018 or so
Didn't really understand HOW I wanted to accomplish my goals until I lost my long time job around 2017/2018 or so
That's maturity right there for sure. A lot of people don't even realize what a massive influence their parents are on their value system and how they live.
If you weren't raised to believe that certain things are bad or unhealthy, it's hard to change your perspective on those things later, especially if you don't see any consequences for believing what you were taught.