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Old Jun 13, 2015, 03:35 PM
Anonymous51078
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Ah we're always comparing ourselves to others. Maybe others are just better at showing that they are doing things with their lives or am I actually just not doing anything. I just don't have the energy or drive to go out and do things really. I don't like going to concerts a lot and I have no one pushing me/ giving me incentive to. I guess it's bad that I sort of run on a reward system inside. I don't like going and doing something for an entire day and getting told "thanks see you next time." I don't get much joy out of activities and feel numb to most things. It's dumb.
Indeed, we are always comparing ourselves to others. It's a habit that I am trying to break. Everyone has their own life to live and comparing doesn't help. I guess it's all a matter of perspective when we wonder if we're doing things with our lives. There can be someone who's "achieved nothing" and is happy as can be. On the other hand there's the person who's "achieved much" and is miserable. The grass is always greener you know? I really like a quote by Alan Watts. I want to consider this quote whenever I'm getting down on myself or comparing myself to others. "The meaning of life is just to be alive. It's so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everyone rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves." Who is this invisible authority that we feel we have to answer too? Who is this invisible authority dictating that there's certain things we have to do in order for people to consider ours a life that's worth living? I don't know...am I making any sense? I'm just starting to think that we're alive and we're getting by. Maybe that's enough.

Who's to say that you're wrong because you don't have that drive? I would look at depression or other MI issues to see if they fit for why I don't have motivation for things. But after that if certain things don't motivate you then they just don't motivate you. I guess it just comes down to your contentment. If you're fine with it then there you go. Oh concerts, I've really tried to enjoy them but it's just not my thing haha.