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Just to be a contrarian, I'm doing OK.
don't hate my job and make very decent money, pretty stable financially
have a lovely wife and two healthy young kids
decent apartment with plans for an energy positive house as the kids are growing
fun family friendly car, cool gadgets at home, lots of toys to play with, endless entertainment online
AI is making lots of tasks easier, will only get better
robots and machines making home tasks easier as well
live in a country with an acceptable government (that I didn't vote for, but am OK with), universal Healthcare and strong social safety net
medicine constantly improving
china installing solar panels like maniacs, rapidly getting cheaper and more ubiquitous
Middle East is as fucked as ever, nothing I can do about it
Russia is always invading neighbors, and this time at least they got a fucking punch in the face
I've been much worse in the past.
I don't think so. Climate could be fixed and humans are resilient.
And even if so, nothing I can do to prevent it. Just enjoy the present.
What about your kids
what about them? OP is correct to teach his kids to live in the moment and not spend energy on things they can not change.
My kids cannot do anything about it either, yet. I will teach them the best I can. Maybe they will want to get into politics and fix the mess, or just do the best they can. Use green solutions like bikes and public transport, recycle, etc.
Very Stoic. Spend energy on things you can control and don't on things you can't.
Just wish I could get my anxiety brain to get on board with that.
You're not okay, you lack empathy. Me as well, I have nothing to complain about, and I am able to enjoy life despite all the shit that's wrong in the world, but I can read the room and don't feel the need to rub that in people's faces when clearly a lot of people are struggling. Also, I am sad for those people and frustrated that voting isn't enough, while doing "enough" would mean giving up a large part of my comfortable life, not because that's what it would take, but because too many people are doing jack shit to improve the world, or rather actively contributing to the clusterfuck that the world is in.
A lot of people are always struggling. Even in this thread you'll see some people complaining about exisistential dangers and other people complaining about Netflix and Microsoft windows.
There have always been wars, sickness, hunger and suffering. We are probably near the minimum of all of those in this century. On a historical scale, a working poor today lives better than a king a thousand years ago, at least in most European countries. You have guaranteed shelter, high quality safe food, clean water, modern healthcare and all the knowledge of humanity in the palm of your hand (besides access to unlimited free education).
I vote my conscience, I pay my taxes (almost 40% of my income) and I even donate to local charities on top of that, but I refuse to let other people's problems ruin my day every day.
It's not lacking empathy, it's setting limits and taking care of my own mental health.
it's not about "letting other people's problems ruin your day", it's about being content with your life without going on some online forum and announcing unasked in a thread about the growing existential problems of a large part of the world's population that you're doing great. Bless your heart, but that doesn't help the people who are NOT doing great. That is what this thread is about, and that is my point.
You don't know what helps or doesn't help other people, speak for yourself. Nor do you decide what the thread is or isn't about. Feel free to Downvote and move along if you don't like it.
How dare you!?