• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This is portrayed as a bad thing because nothing was accomplished, but the wonderful thing about being an adult is that you get to define for yourself what you constitutes “accomplishment”. If you want to do nothing in life, and you’re not hurting anyone else in doing so, you get to do nothing and thats just fine! The “nothing” is the accomplishment itself. Thats not a tragedy, thats something to celebrate.

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      11 months ago

      The meaning of life is a blank page. If this dudes happy I’m happy for him!

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      11 months ago

      Thank you.

      Less doing, more being. Humans do too much. Look around and see how that’s going.

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      11 months ago

      Yesterday I couldn’t find my work belt and was late to work, and had to wear my leather belt to work. Luckily it all worked out for that day.

      But I was really looking forward to coming home, and not doing shit!

      So tonight, I’m going to get off work, come home, and sit in my recliner. I’m going to watch tv. I’m not even going to play video games, because thats too much effort. I’m going to just be a big squishy lump.

      And I’ll probably live to be 100, because I didn’t die in a skydiving accident, I didn’t get attacked by a bull in the running of the bulls, I didn’t drown trying to swim with the sharks.

      Nope! Fuck all that. Recliner, beer, and watching @Midnight followed by some youtube, maybe a dvd.

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    11 months ago

    Some people really love their solitude. I like living with another person a lot, but I’m under no illusion that this makes my life why more meaningful (to anyone but me).

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    11 months ago

    Just sitting and thinking can be a very fulfilling experience. People do that far too little these days. Doing nothing regularily and let your mind wander is important for your mental health.

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    I was 37 when I moved into my own apartment but no roommates. I was suddenly aware that I was responsible for everything. Fortunately my girlfriend moved in a year later and I did not die.