Is the SHTF about to happen soon? I feel like I have just given up on life
Submitted by ryno.t1985 on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 17:01I just feel I have no future. Nothing to look forward to. Stressed out to the max. I'm only 27 and feel like I am going to have a stroke before I hit 30 with my service job that only pays minimum wage. (even though I have a college degree). I still live at home with my parents because I can't afford a place of my own. I am able to save as little that I do make on food and gold/silver for the collapse. I am I doing the right thing? I feel that this is all I can do. I don't come from a well of family so I can't go back to school or anything. I do live within my means and have a few student loans and my car(which I need for work). Am I doin the right thing? I am a single guy, so no spouse or kids or anything.
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7. Throw out TV. Your
7. Throw out TV. Your productivity in 1-6 will increase exponentially.
I don't watch TV anyway, even
I don't watch TV anyway, even though my brainwashed parents have faux news running all the time, I ignore it.
This is good stuff!
This should stand alone as a post. Very motivational.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine
It"s working to plan,
sucking the life blood out of the best of the nations youth.
Mate, you can either become sucked into the system of debt, depression,
medication and welfare, or you can light a fire in your belly, wake up to the fact that your "gift of life" is worth fighting for, and get a passion and energy to fight back.
Oh, and don't forget to laugh...every day.
I think you're right,
I think you're right, everyday is making me pissed off more and more.
You are far from alone on this friend
Right on schedule it seems. I'm 31 and I too experienced quite similar feelings of WTF is going on and WTF am I going to do and so on. In my personal opinion this is a "symptom" of waking up from an imposed illusion we all share. Consider what you are feeling as "growing pains" and I can tell you that it will pass in time. Just know that all these "frustrations" are there to serve you to be of guidance that something is not right. It's a sign that your intuition is becoming stronger. You feel like "going crazy" because you can't really pin point why this is happening or why you feel the way you do. It's normal. Unpleasant, but it's a part of the process. Just take it all in and take it one day at a time. When it does pass, you will have a far clearer perspective on the Truths out there that are coming to light.
“The lips of Wisdom are closed except to the ears of Understanding.”—The Kybalion
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience"—Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
See life as Helen Keller did.
Learn what she spoke. Hear what she heard.
Difficult as it was for her, with the help of many, many friends... including me, she managed her affairs quite handily. She changed the world for the better.
HELEN KELLER
"I am filled with the wonder of her knowledge, acquired because shut out from all distractions. If I could have been deaf, dumb, and blind I also might have arrived at something." - Mark Twain's Speeches
"Blindness is an exciting business, I tell you; if you don't believe it get up some dark night on the wrong side of your bed when the house is on fire and try to find the door." - quoted by Helen Keller, Midstream
Disclaimer: Mark Twain (1835-1910-To be continued) is unlicensed. His river pilot's license went delinquent in 1862. Caution advised. Daily Paul ☑
Everything can change fast..
Keep doing your best and one day your efforts will be rewarded.
BTW.. one of the biggest lies out thee is that "life is short".
Don't rush yourself and keep a long term perspective.
I will be 37 this year and remember very well that at the age of 27, things did not look very good. I feel like I'm 60 lol. (older folks here on the DP must be getting a kick out of what I am saying. I hear your laughter and laugh with you. :) )
Be fearless.
www.youtube.com/truefictions
I try to change people every day. Do You?
at nearly 58, you have me...
...ROTFLMAO ;-)
yes you are fine
living at home is the smartest thing you can do..no sham bro! save your money and keep stacking some coins/bars...do things you like to do(i love internet so i stick to that haha) never try to impress the world because you will be disappointing yourself. stay you and pursue what makes you happy! others pursue what makes them happy. i make a couple of extra bucks through ebay or amazon...think outside the box! remember you live at your parents house and that's priceless buddy!cheap rent :D.
time is the best medicine!(weed helps my anxiety :D)
For your Internet adventure, might you change your moniker?
Might you enjoy your travels more with a name that says to others, Here I am. Here is what I can do for you. Glad to meet you. Something to eat? Oh, you shouldn't have.
[Doff hat] Much obliged. Thank you. Thank you. Coffee? Oh, I am so ashamed of myself. Dusty from travelling on that old rig. Sorry about my old nag. She pulls steady thought. Oh, you really shouldn't have.... Thank you. Much obliged. Coffee black is fine.
Now, how may I help you?
Moniker? "Bond is the name. James Bond." Impressive on the silver screen; odd greeting for a secret agent. People somehow overlook the fact that secret agents are... well, secret.
"Keep your pecker up!" [Old English country side parting expression. "Fare thee well!" The wisdom is keep a wary eye lookout. Chickens pecking the ground for seed might well be a meal for a fox.
Best wishes to you.
Disclaimer: Mark Twain (1835-1910-To be continued) is unlicensed. His river pilot's license went delinquent in 1862. Caution advised. Daily Paul ☑
Take heart
Others (myself included) are in a similar boat, but in many ways you are quite fortunate: family who loves you, without the extra responsibility of dependent mouths to feed and perhaps most importantly, you didn't sell out your soul.
Otherwise concerning politics I believe unprincipled government bears the seeds of its own demise, and perhaps the defeat of various despotic shackles that we live with today is near at hand.
By the same notion it's an amazing time to be in the arena with those seeking genuine enlightenment, and I look forward to the day when each individual spirit can live free
A letter I wrote to my daughter years ago (shes now 22)
Choose your comparisons wisely
Many of our feelings of being satisfied and happy or dissatisfied and unhappy come about in how we compare ourselves to others. When we compare ourselves to others that have more, we feel bad. When we compare ourselves to others that have less, we feel grateful. The ironic thing about these comparisons is that we have the exact same life either way! Our feelings about our life can vary tremendously based on who we compare ourselves with. I’ve never met a person that wants to feel bad so the obvious thing to do when your feeling beat down about not having everything you want or not having certain physical qualities that you desire is to compare yourself with other people that are meaningful in your life but make you feel comfortable with who you are and what you have.
Accept yourself unconditionally
You are not the size of your bank account, the neighborhood you live in, or the type of work you do. You are, just like everyone else, a complicated mix of abilities and limitations. Because of this you will fail and succeed routinely throughout your entire life. Researchers have found that people who are happy with themselves take defeat and explain it away…treating each failure as an isolated incident that proves nothing about skill or ability. People that are unhappy take every defeat personally. They talk about it constantly and allow it to become a part of who they are and what they stand for. Allowing failures to take on a life of their own instead of understanding failures and explaining them away, can result in more than your fair share of failures in the future. Don’t be discouraged by failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success. Every failure points out some form of error which we can carefully avoid in the future.
Have realistic expectations
People who are happy don’t get everything they want, but they want most of what they get. In other words, happy people rig the game in their favor by choosing to value things that are within their grasp. Whether you are thinking about cheerleading, boys, your parents, your friends, etc….don’t begin with fantasy pictures of the worlds richest people, the most beautiful movie stars, or the ideal home and family. Stay with reality and strive to make things better, not perfect.
Believe in yourself
Don’t write yourself off. If you don’t believe in yourself, you won’t be able to function. Across all ages and all groups, a solid belief in one’s own abilities significantly increases life satisfaction and makes you happier at both home and school.
Pay attention. You may have what you want!
We often forget to sit down and think about where we started and where we are now. The human tendency is to always want more. A better approach is to remember where you started and appreciate how much you have accomplished.
Try not to be mean and hateful to your friends and family
Even if you are right, there is nothing to be gained from letting yourself become hateful to your loved ones. Separate the people and the love you have for them from the issue that is causing the problem. Remember your friends and family are the basis for most of your happiness and 99.9% of the problems that come along will ultimately be solved with the assistance of the people that love you the most
Every relationship is different
Each relationship you have with friends and family members is unique. Don’t let tension with one person convince you that you lack the ability to be a good friend or a loving family member. You have the capacity to create happiness from the relationships that are available to you but all relationships will not fit an ideal image. Satisfied people do not have happy relationships with everyone. They appreciate their happy relationships and accept their imperfect relationships.
Satisfaction is relative
Your happiness is relative to a scale you yourself have created. If you constantly measure your satisfaction against the two or three greatest moments of your life, you will often be unhappy because those moments can’t be duplicated. However if you tend to measure your happiness against some tough days you’ve had, you will have all the reason in the world to appreciate the current moment.
Don’t blame yourself
When things go poorly, we sometimes start a list of ways we failed…ways we caused the problem. The truth is that any situation is the result of some things that are in your control and some things that are out of your control. Don’t talk yourself into thinking that a bad situation is completely of your making. Remember it makes more sense to deal with the problem than to find fault.
DENY CONSENT
Youre right about comparing
Youre right about comparing myself to others part. My job is being in a cafeteria at a large hotel, where I serve well off employees, even ones younger than I am who have a lot higher paying jobs and came from well off families. Some are nice and some others talk down to me, as if I am an ignorant peasant or something. It is just hard to disregard of being reminded that I will never be like them.
One thing
you have to realize is this system is all screwed up. I mean the economics of it. People who are hard working, like you seem to be, don't get rewarded very well because of how all this fake money dilutes everything and actually rewards bad behavior (think Bernie Madoff, bank bailouts, getting into debt, etc.).
After this monetary system is reset and we again use sound money people who work hard will actually see commensurate monetary reward. It's hard to explain it.
Get a grip and keep perspective
It is all in how you perseve life.
Life is beautiful, people are beautiful, we have conscience , we have the ability to think and create and in the end we as people will thrive I have no doubt.
These are very exciting times in our history and you are very lucky to be apart of it. You are on this earth for such an insignificant abount of time and every day is a gift......
Are you going to spend your days in despair? Waste your precious gift in a fetal position under the blanket?
No way! This is your time! Thrive and participate in life and the world around you.....
Do this and you my friend will be fine!
DEX
For Freedom!
The World is my country, all mankind is my brethren, to do good is my religion.
BOOSTING time
Single? No spouse? No kids?
Man, you gonna have even MORE FUN than I WILL, kicking the TRAITORS butts. I envy you. I know, envy is wrong.
Husband here. 42. Father of 2 little ones, step father of 1 big girl. Sustaining them all 4, alone, plus myself (but I have a great mileage, super economic).
And I feel great.
Better than ever.
Because I KNOW I am in the RIGHT country to stand for.
NOW.
Hell, YEAH.
My name's pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".
"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of its most serious misfortunes." --De Gaulle
http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty
Yeah I think I want to get a
Yeah I think I want to get a gun. I always wanted an AK. I have been putting it off for so long, because I still let out hope that things would get better.
You're doing fine.
I am 27 also, we don't have the brightest future do we?
You can get out of your service minimum wage job, I have not done service in a long time. Get creative. Do some freelance writing. Make something and sell it online.
I have two undergrad degrees and will have my masters soon. I do not come from a well off family and I do not have a trust fund either, yet I managed to get all those degrees without taking out much in loans, by using private scholarships. Here are some links, I know you are already done with school, but if you search hard enough you can find retroactive scholarships that will pay off some of your loans. That should save you some $.
http://www.scholarships.net/
http://www.cappex.com/
https://collegeprowler.com/
Chin up, life's not meant to be easy man. It wouldn't be as much fun if was easy.
jrd is still here... kinda in a weird sort of way. She also just might be the happiest girl in the world because she got exactly what she wanted which was a perfect summer wandering playlist.
You're doing
the right thing, which is the best you can. That's all you need to worry about.
You still have your health, and believe it or not the enviable position of being a U.S. citizen. Think of what citizens in Egypt or Syria where violence is on the daily menu or Spain, where unemployment is 50% for ages 18-35 are going through. In the U.S. it's a piece of cake comparably. Yes, we still have a storm to go through, but as least we can prepare.
I agree with rpcongress
we each do what we can. Actually, when you think about it, that is all you can do! Try to save back some, but you have to live day to day. You have to eat, you have to have fuel for you car, etc. When the break comes then is when you will have an chance to better yourself and loved ones, even if they make fun of you now or try to discourage you.
Keep doing what you are doing and wait for things to get better, or to collapse completely. Either way, you are ahead! The present status quo is what's so trying!