/feels/ - I'm feeling pretty aimless right now, Alice. I'm a high school graduate who only has about 15 hours of work a week, and friends I see for less time than that. I don't have any real hobbies anymore and I don't have a car to get around and improve the amount

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Borma 2017/10/27 (Fri) 21:07:00 No.807

I'm feeling pretty aimless right now, Alice. I'm a high school graduate who only has about 15 hours of work a week, and friends I see for less time than that. I don't have any real hobbies anymore and I don't have a car to get around and improve the amount of time I spend with my aforementioned friends. My life is the epitome of mundane.

The temptation to zone out and let the endless days blur together is real, and my mind seems to slog onward and lack any real inspiration or experience outside of the escapism granted to me by works of fiction.

I never would have thought it possible without going through it myself, but the solution to waking yourself up from a slow mundane life is the same as waking yourself up from a busy, cluttered life - slowing down and letting time stand still. That feeling of stepping outside on a fresh morning or still evening and just deeply breathing in the cool air.

It slows down a fast-paced racetrack of a schedule and it speeds up a snail's-paced drudge of a routine. It's like you step outside of time for a brief moment and experience all the things around you, even just for a second. And it's one of the most beautiful things in the world.

This world is going through technological advances our ancestors couldn't even imagine, and as we enter this new era I think this is something we shouldn't lose.

Acid Burn 2017/10/28 (Sat) 02:24:53 No.812

So do you want to change your lifestyle or not? If you want to change then get a goal and try to set it. It might be to get more hours of work or to get a car. It doesn't matter as long as it is realistic. Also try to find more friends. They make life seem less mundane.

Maj. Motoko Kusanagi 2017/10/28 (Sat) 16:14:04 No.813

>>812
The friends I have are probably the most important people to me in my life. But if you mean for the sake of having something to do then I can see what you mean. I've been meaning to reconnect with a couple of people a bit closer to home, but reconnecting is generally harder than connecting in the first place.

I honestly didn't intend to make this thread all about me, but was trying to use my life as the context for the "solution" I presented, about making sure you stop for a minute to take a deep breath and actually experience what's around you. To break that "auto-pilot" mode of routine and rejuvenate your life, your motivation and your inspiration

Azuma 2017/10/29 (Sun) 06:04:47 No.822

I wish that worked for me. But it seems to be but a fleeting moment, gone in an instant.

It just strengthens the question "What am I doing with my life? Is this really what I want? What do I want?".

Am I doing it wrong?

Zhora Salome 2017/10/29 (Sun) 21:11:34 No.827

>>822
I don't think you're doing it wrong. I think that if we're honest with ourselves, we know exactly which questions we should be forcing ourselves to answer, and that can come to the surface whenever our lives are quiet enough to hear it.

Maybe your mind's not letting you rest without answering those questions because it doesn't really beliepve that you deserve it. Taking these moments in your life isn't only about smelling the roses - it's a good opportunity to do some much-needed self-reflection, and maybe, when all is said and done, you can really appreciate it.

If it's really that unbearably present in your mind, try some music at the same time. It might just be that all you really need is a powerful catharsis to finally clear your head