• Tynox@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I dreamed how great I could achieve, but found out I am an ordinary person and it’s hard to manage my life. Now I admit how mediocre I am.

  • v_krishna@lemmy.ml
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    13 hours ago

    Turned 40 this past week. Was just bemoaning that most of my company don’t get the :holdontoyourbutts: Samuel L Jackson emoji in slack and now this.

  • Hyphlosion@lemm.ee
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    13 hours ago

    I’ve already got the Sunday blues. And I don’t have the money to cope with a midlife crisis.

    Thanks.

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        4 hours ago

        You find different things in the different decades of life, or so is my experience.

        Brush your teeth and don’t burn yourself out at work is my recommendations, cheers!

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          4 hours ago

          Me, after a horrific 20s: "Alright, the 30s are gonna be my decade!

          … please… they have to be…"

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      17 hours ago

      I typed up a complete rant about how i wasted away so much time to work, trying to obtain an income that’s capable of getting me a house.

      But now is the time to focus on what IS positive at the moment, like how i’m still happily together with the wife.

      If i let the negavtives of the past take control, i’ll just stumble down a deep hole again and i don’t want that.

  • Elkot@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Turned 40 last month and to be honest I’m kinda struggling with depression right now

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      17 hours ago

      This is going to sound stupid, but during college, I took a lot of different types of math and history classes.

      As humans, we invented years, and ages. Then we made milestones for what they represented. We said, there are 7 days in the week. We said, there are 52 weeks in a year. Some other BS happen and then culturally we said things like by age 30, you should be married. By age 40, you should have a family.

      But imagine if we actually made a week 10 days? Or there’s 30 weeks in a year? Suddenly, this is all BS numbers. Back to culturally, why is 30 a specific number? Or 40? Or any of these numbers?

      For me, 40 is just a made-up number. It means nothing. The expectations around the number, bullshit. My friend is 55, and we went bar hopping. I hung out with a 70 and played Frisbee. I pitched go-karts and dressing up like Mario Kart to my 60yo neighbors.

      Just made up numbers.

      Of course, don’t get weird and and try to shoehorn underage relationships. That’s not the intent here.