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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • I figure it’s just different responsibilities… if I didnt have kids I’d be doing more of what I want to do (like fireworks and motorcycling).I had to put that on pause for 12 years or so, and just now I’m starting to do more for me. It was a joint decision that I would be a present dad rather than career focussed. And to be honest it’s been great being able to switch off work and enjoy my personal time. Family circumstances have changed and ironically I’ve had to be even more present but with COVID changing the work force expectations,at least in my business, to be more flexible, that it all works.

    I still feel 16 at heart and think I can get out of a chair really easily, but I can’t…my joints are stiffening and that really sucks.


  • Carlin: take your average person… half the world is dumber than that. (Or something to that effect)

    do what's right for you, it might hurt in the short term, but it will be worth it in the long term (this goes for most things…FOMO, parties, relations, job offers, school offers)

    Don't smoke. my father is dying…it's not cool.

    Eat right, exercise regularly. It takes time, your fitness won't appear overnight (it takes months).

    Brush your teeth and more importantly, floss/use picksters. Don't eat sweet things 2 hours before bed.

    Everyone's different (so take what I say with a pinch of salt, the above might not be for you)





  • Yes! I did this. I fell apart from my friend group when I married. I was a few years ahead of the others when committing…anyways, I focussed on work and building wealth to help with ease of living later on. I’d keep in contact with my friends loosely via Facebook. After about 9 years I noticed one friend had stopped wishing me happy birthday and Christmas which was just something we did. 3 years later of the same thing I reached out to other people to see if he was ok…got lots of dead ends, old stories of arguments he had had…found his sister that had kind of estranged herself from her family and married and changed her name and moved to the opposite coast. She passed my number onto him and told me he was doing ok. Later on, he reached out and we had a good chat and planned to meet up. This happened just after the first major wave of covid. We met for about 4 hours and he talked about himself the whole time. Not once asked me about me and my family, how I was doing… haven’t spoken since. Your mileage may vary