I'm a person who doesn't earn enough money, trying to live beyond his means, constantly in debt, petrified of bank statements. Politically apathetic because of the political apathy that surrounds me because I'm politically apathetic.
Sorry, I'm going to be all manish and provide answers that you probably already knew now. Feel free to ignore them, but read the bottom sentence ;-)
"Do I want to live a healthier lifestyle, eat better food, exercise more, be kinder to the world around me, walk instead of driving, pay lots of money to charity, get a better job that pays more and excites me, do something important with my life?
... I'm too damned lazy and scared of change to stick with any of it"
We all get like that sometimes, the trick is to not go "I want to be doing all this, but it's too much" but to pick one, make it work then pick another one.
For example, since you have no money, you can't give money to charity just to help someone else while getting yourself more into debt. Whenever I'm attacked by charity stalkers I try to politely explain that I'm living at my income and that I can't afford the 40p a day, because it would take me over my overdraft limit and cost me shit loads in fees. But what you could do is donate some time to charity it's
( ... )
WARNING: the following may seem trite. the following may well be trite.
When I feel like this, just completely over- and underwhelmed all at once (and again, this couldn't sound cornier), I like to listen to "Everybody's Free (to wear Sunscreen)". If you know it, this'll seem even cheesier.
Anyway. It doesn't fix anything, and it doesn't give me all the answers I want, but it just refreshes my perspective, so to speak. I always feel good after I listen to it, no matter how shitty I feel when I put it on.
If you don't already have it, you might like to download it, put it on, close your eyes and listen.
Congratulations on being British! Just like, well, the rest of us Brits...
OK, so maybe not all of your troublings are British, but the money bit certainly follows an unhealthy trend and the opposition/apathy to change is extraordinarily normal.
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Dood, that's like our entire generation....
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Sorry, I'm going to be all manish and provide answers that you probably already knew now. Feel free to ignore them, but read the bottom sentence ;-)
"Do I want to live a healthier lifestyle, eat better food, exercise more, be kinder to the world around me, walk instead of driving, pay lots of money to charity, get a better job that pays more and excites me, do something important with my life?
... I'm too damned lazy and scared of change to stick with any of it"
We all get like that sometimes, the trick is to not go "I want to be doing all this, but it's too much" but to pick one, make it work then pick another one.
For example, since you have no money, you can't give money to charity just to help someone else while getting yourself more into debt. Whenever I'm attacked by charity stalkers I try to politely explain that I'm living at my income and that I can't afford the 40p a day, because it would take me over my overdraft limit and cost me shit loads in fees. But what you could do is donate some time to charity it's ( ... )
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When I feel like this, just completely over- and underwhelmed all at once (and again, this couldn't sound cornier), I like to listen to "Everybody's Free (to wear Sunscreen)". If you know it, this'll seem even cheesier.
Anyway. It doesn't fix anything, and it doesn't give me all the answers I want, but it just refreshes my perspective, so to speak. I always feel good after I listen to it, no matter how shitty I feel when I put it on.
If you don't already have it, you might like to download it, put it on, close your eyes and listen.
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OK, so maybe not all of your troublings are British, but the money bit certainly follows an unhealthy trend and the opposition/apathy to change is extraordinarily normal.
I do, also, agree with plethora77's suggestion.
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