Journal daniil's Journal: Immaturity 11
I know most of you don't probably read the front page anymore, but there's a front page article I'd like to turn your attention to. It's titled Immaturity Level Rising in Adults . The article itself isn't really good or interesting (just this short bit from Discovery News about a study that has supposedly shown that "a growing number of people are retaining the behaviors and attitudes associated with youth". I don't think the Discovery article is worth reading. But one comment in that thread caught my eye. This one: "Somewhere in my youth...I matured and I learned too much...I want to live simple again."
Is this what you want? It's not what I want. I don't know what I want, but I definitely don't want to live simple again. This is something I've been offered several times (mostly by Hare Krishnas), and every time I've turned the offer down. These people have promised to make me happy, but this is not the kind of happiness I want. Or maybe I don't want it at all, I don't know. Sometimes, it seems to me that the most important thing in life is being happy despite all your problems. Then again, I could be wrong.
Thoughts? Comments?
The thing that bothers me the most... (Score:1)
But I wouldn't be too hard on the guy. His poison would be ignorance, for some people it's the drugs, for some it's religion and for some oblivion. Whatever floats your boat. Universe doesn't care.
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Re:The thing that bothers me the most... (Score:2)
Just to add some more immaturity to the discussion (Score:1)
Re:Just to add some more immaturity to the discuss (Score:2)
Re:Just to add some more immaturity to the discuss (Score:1)
It's not necessarily a cop out (Score:1)
I'm 40 and sure don't act it. In my mid 20's I have a nervous breakdown, was off work for a while, med'd up nicely and just a zombie. Had to see a shrink, too. It was during that period of my life that I realized Shit Happens. I quit worrying about crap I had no control over (weather, price of gas, burned out streetlights, that kind of thing) and just let it all go. I'm sure that depressive ~18 months added years to my life.
That short article doesn't seem to mention income, which I'm sure is greatly conduc
It just depends (Score:1)
knowledge of good and evil (Score:2)
there
Simple life = fooling yourself (Score:2)
I derive a reasonable amount of self-esteem from the fact that I'm not a child any more. I'm not a burden to my mom. I am a part of a team that is building a better computer network (and I'm earning a good wage doing so).
Personally, I wouldn't go back to simple (Score:2)
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