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I guess this is only a problem for people who actually want human interaction. I only have about 5 close friends including my girlfriend, and I'm pretty happy about it. I used to have more close friends, but it always went the way that when you bow to someone, you show your behind to others; some friendships got stronger, some faded away. With my current friends we have a WhatsApp group where we talk daily, and we see each other about once a week and do cabin trips and other things together. Can't imagine not brushing my teeth with buckshot if I had to maintain more close friendships than this.
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I think that's perfectly normal to have only a small group, especially when you're older that 18. I find it fucking odd when certain people I know need to have like 50 friends they see regularly, and it's kinda confirmed when I meet them that they actually don't have that much in common or frankly some of them are dicks or idiots, but they're "easy" to hang out with, and the fear of not having some huge group of friends is just too much to question it.
quote: | Originally posted by JEO
Also, how do you people make "friends" at the workplace? After each workday I'm ready to light the office on fire when I'm leaving. |
You said the part about family and it making you sad that not seeing them enough is a deathbed realization.
You know what's worse? Getting to your deathbed and knowing you hated your job and work life that much that you want to burn the place down each day.
Fuck that shit. Life is too short. Do whatever the fuck you love and quit that job, go find something that inspires. I've never met a happy person that didn;t love their job or career. You're going to spend more at least 1/3 or your entire life working, better make it count, and when you love it, all the other non-work things in your life are better.
One of Jim Carrey's famous quote is about his dad.
"So many of us chose our path out of fear disguised as practicality, My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn't believe that was possible for him. So, he made a conservative choice and instead he got a job as an accountant.
When I was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job. Our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which is that you can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love."
So when I see people post things like you and Jenny does (all the time) i can't help think it's fear of failure disguised as a practical choice.
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