Do you ever feel it's all passing you by?

[crazyfrenchman27]

Pinkie, if it makes you feel any better, I've never felt *young*, as you described it.

Cheers,

Matt.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Yes, the years seem to have sped up lately. I've found it best to get involved with what you care about (family, job, hobbies, pets, etc.) and just let the time go. It will anyway, so occupy yourself with what you enjoy. Keeping up with technology, fashion, etc. is a waste. It always changes and shouldn't be taken seriously anyway. If you need proof of that, get a fashion or computer magazine from 1986 and have a look. What seems important today will be equally ridiculous 20 years from now.

Exercise is an option, but you should find something else to interest you. Take up a new hobby, get a dog or a cat, go back to school, restore an old car, and so on. Dwelling on the inevitable will just make you miserable, so preoccupy your mind with something else.

 

[Jeff Guidry]

I've taken up the lamest of all hobbies that a person with no future can: religion. Falling back on my Catholic faith has been enjoyable so far in that it gives some context for my lameness. Also, it make me feel superior to all those successful people (that car is cool and the chick is hot, but they're both going to hell :smug: )

Seriously, returning to my Catholic faith has really helped in terms of letting go of the mental need to control outcomes and wondering why things aren't turning out "the way I planned". If you have faith, you understand that all man's plans come to naught before the plans of the Creator, and it is wisest to discern His will and follow.

I used to wonder why some people have extraordinary talent, or have some other ability that makes them successful, and why so many others of us are left to scratch around with hardly any strong skills at all (a lesser rumination on the Salieri problem....) Now, I don't bother with that so much anymore, as I understand that great talent is both a blessing and a profound burden. Some people have great lives, but all you see from the outside is the upside, not the downside. If any failings of yours have gotten you to where you are, acknowledge them, repent of them, and have faith that God will show you the way.

/piety

 

[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by redshifter pinkie get out there and interfere with a woman sexually right away (with her consent, of course).

This is in the pipeline redshifter, I hope to be interfering with a Woman pretty soon

(maybe two or three.... even better

)

 

[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by Jeff Guidry I've taken up the lamest of all hobbies that a person with no future can: religion.

Good on you Jeff but definitely not for me mate, the last time I went into a church my face started smoking and the vicar tried to ram a wooden stake through my chest, I haven't been back since

 

[swt61]

When my father was in his 50's his health started failing him. I was commercial fishing in Alaska at the time, but I lived in Portland, Oregon. I brought him down to live with me since I was the only sibling without kids to raise. I was a forman on the factory/trawler I worked on and therefore worked 2 months on and 2 months off. When I would get back into town I would be amazed at how fast he would change. He had been an aircraft mechanic and spent a lot of time working on our family vehicles as well (4 kids in my family, so we alwways had a car in need of work).
I've never been a coffee drinker, so when my Dad moved in, I went out and bought a top notch Braun unit and a grinder. One trip back home, I found my Dad using those crappy looking Folgers coffee bags (they look like tea bags) instead of the coffee maker. When I asked him why he told me that the coffee maker broke. I almost threw it out, but my curiosity got the better of me since I like to tinker with things. I tried it and it worked fine. I told him that it seemed OK now. A few days later I awoke to find him staring at the 2 buttons on the machine trying to figure out which to push. His eyesight was fine at that point, but he just couldn't cope with even simple machinery. It freeked me out how fast it happened to him. He would drive my car 35 on the highway white knuckled and scared to death at 54 years old.
So yeah I know where your coming from and I worry if I'll end up the same. My Grandfather on my mothers side is 88 and still driving all over the country in his motorhome with all of his faculties, so who knows.

 

[trains are bad]

I hope that I will kill myself skateboarding or hang gliding or on a motorcycle before I get old enough for my thoughts to start deteriorating. I'm only 21 but I swear, I'm more forgetful than I used to be. It's kind of scary.

 

[Blitzula]

Some great posts in this thread, your writing is very enjoyable Pink.

On another note, \piety really cracked me up.

 

[Jeff Guidry]

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Originally Posted by Blitzula On another note, \piety really cracked me up.

 

[zotjen]

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I know, time passes faster the older you get but ****! time is moving way too fast at the moment It's possible the earth is spinning faster and we're all about to fly into outer space

Funny, but I've been touting this theory since 1992! Yes, it does seem more and more that there is not enough time for the things you want to do as you get older. I'm currently 40, not married, and have no kids that I know of, yet I still feel I can't and won't be able to accomplish everything I want to. I guess I'm at the point where I'm starting to realize that I am getting too old to do all the things I set out to do when I was a teenager and in my early 20's.

In a lot of ways it's not fair but you just have to deal with it. If you think about it, how many people really accomplish everything they set out to do in life? How many people really live the lives they planned for themselves? I bet it's not too many. This doesn't mean people aren't happy or content with their lives. It just means we can't always expect to get everything we want or have everything work out the way we want it to. I'm sure most people, including myself, feel very fortunate and blessed to have the lives they do have even if it isn't exactly what they thought it would be.

As far as time passing me by, sometimes I do feel out of touch with what's going on around me, especially the advancement of technology. As a kid, I grew up in a world without cable TV, VCRs, cell phones, computers and the internet. My parents on the other hand, who were both born during the Depression, grew up in a world without any TV, modern appliances like refrigerators, advanced healthcare, jet airplanes, etc. I can only imagine what today's world must be like for them. I'm sure at some point, today's kids will grow up and look around them and feel a little out of touch with the world as well.

 

[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by zotjen Funny, but I've been touting this theory since 1992!

It's very possible that it's the case but the powers that be would have to have invented a way to control our watches and clocks (wind up ones as well) so it appears that everything is still ticking away as normal. If we could prove our clocks have been speeded up x 3 and we are about to fly off into outer space then there would be mass panic and looting on a global scale.

I put my hair loss down to the fact that the earth is revolving a lot faster and it has been "pulled" out by the forces, same goes with my teeth.... all down to the spin drier effect and nothing to with "age" They say people are living longer these days? Nonsense, these 90 year olds they are citing are in fact only 30 years old (in "real" time) and they look old because of the gravitational pull they are subjected to on a daily basis (1 day now = 4 old school days) I mean some people are bald in their teens, it's getting worse.... soon babies will not be able to grow hair due to the gravitational pull and everyone will be bald from day one to the day they either die (aged 220) or are swept into space.

I've been trying to expose the truth for years but they've even managed to tamper with sun dials (the powers that be).... nobody listens to me, they all believe their clocks and call me a bald nutter.... I will be proven right when we all fly into space and will scream "I told you so!" when we're all zooming off the earth at 5,000mph

 

[lini]

PF, zotjen: I think it also has a lot to do with information overflow (and that with mostly worthless information), future perspectives (personally, I wonder how many jobs more have to be "outsourced" (= relocated to cheap labour countries with lower standards), before an anti-globalisation- or -predator-capitalism-feeling can gather revolution momentum...), throw-away-society (it began with stuff not built to last, now it's also people that get thrown away, it seems...), fast changes in so many sectors of life one can hardly keep up with and so on. World gone mad, it seems - and if you take a step back to take a look on and reflect all (or a least a bit) of that, you'll pracitcally instantly get out of tread, and everything seems like a gigantic rush into every possible direction but without any sense... And without any sensible ideals and aims, especially on the political side - politicians today rather seem like insolvency administrators to me than people whom I'd trust to be able to create/organise/form our future...

swt61: Did your father try a psychiatrist/ medical psychologist (I'm not far from consulting one myself, btw...)? Serious health problems can very well lead into depression, if only due to shifting the body chemistry out of whack, but of course also due to frustration. Add some psychosomatic components (maybe a nice ulcus ventriculi... *sigh*) and you'll soon have a fine example of a downward spiral... And endless pondering will more and more hinder any motivation...

Greetings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini