Working an odd shift, dipping but just want a pipe full of lane iq or Mississippi river just getting by,but this sucks!
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Everyone goes through this
Everyone goes through this.....this is just cheaper than therapy....just putting out thoughts ..this is new for me...like it is for everyone
Luckily, in my day I could smoke in G-ride and, when I got the rank, in the office. Different time. I empathize with those working this "new world."
Ohh God I wished I have lived in your Time where nothing bothers you, you just live and do your own thing...no memories or no care about others
I'm half a world away! What could I possibly do to address your plight? Are you simply asking for sympathy. Can't give it. A little empathy possibly but, smoking is your choice. You'll have to cope on your own.
And, yes I care only about family and couple of close friends. I expect everyone else to cope the best way they can.
And, yes I care only about family and couple of close friends. I expect everyone else to cope the best way they can.
Dude ,,I am not here to fight with you...we all are here..let's just get along....empathy is nice....it is expected from people you know or associated with but sometimes it is nice to put all your problems and frustration out there and just vent
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Just before retirement, I was the only person in the building on my shift. Unless I was around gasoline in the labs or other flammable chemicals, I was smoking.
Does doing so solve your problems? Frustrations?
No fight from me. Just offering up a bit of empathy. Maybe even a solution or to for your angst. I'm not one to vent to folks I'm not intimate with, certainly not with relative strangers. Seems a terrible waste of emotions. So, I'll leave you to your woes.
I feel ya man. My grandpa who took care of me and my brothers when my dad passed when I was 9 is 75 now. He literally saved us and now I have to watch him get old. Gives me anxiety sometimes but I hope he lives to 150.
Yes, it does. My father passed and my mother is 91. I'm grateful every day she's still with us. I do what ever I can for her and try to be a good son with gratitude every time I'm with her or speak to her on the phone.
Right now? We very seldom live "right now", anything but. I do a lot more of it nowadays and you know, it's ok. Pipe smoking helps, when your favourite flavours are kicking in and wha-hey, the enjoyment of the moment, the past and the future are on hold. Feels good, right there and then.
I've always lived in the moment. Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow you may die.
I was watching one of my dogs years ago. I dawned on me that all animals but man live in the moment. I learned a lot from my dogs over the years but, that was the singular, most important thing any of them taught me. Of course I lay out plans but, not one of them is ever etched in stone. I live mostly in the moment, happily. More so as I age.
After decades of following orders and keeping a strict schedule, in 2020 I changed everything.
I now have absolutely zero schedule...at all....ever.....except when I do.
Call it a working retirement.
I take care of my farm. I work when I want. And I fo what I love daily.
Eight years in the Army, then directly into a daily work schedule got Old very fast. I've found I can do more good working a few hours a day, a few days a week week, than working 15 hours a day, 7 days a week.
I now provide a service nobody else does locally and was very much needed. Four days a month teaching firearms, and 2-3 days a week doing surgeries that otherwise would need to be done by a veterinarian 50 miles away.
My wife and I moved from our 5 bedroom farm house, into a 2 bedroom off grid cabin.
I just wish I did this 25 years ago.
We just do the best and hope it is enough....but it is nice to commiserate and share frustration even though I don't give out enough info.
You remind me of my uncle's....who keeps things to themselves who I love but they are so stubborn who don't want to let anyone in and care about them even though they want it.....and don't know that there is a whole generation my time or younger ,Like my kids who I keep telling stories too memoriesDoes doing so solve your problems? Frustrations?
No fight from me. Just offering up a bit of empathy. Maybe even a solution or to for your angst. I'm not one to vent to folks I'm not intimate with, certainly not with relative strangers. Seems a terrible waste of emotions. So, I'll leave you to your woes.