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Have you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 7 months ago

I have certainly put a lot of time into things without achieving the outcome I initially hoped for. I don't think any of that was pointless though. All these experiences made me who I am today, each girlfriend or job that didn't end up working out made me learn something about myself, each failed project taught me something, if only to be patient and deal with frustration.

I try to think that life is all about the journey, and not always arriving where you set out to go is what really makes it interesting.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Some friendships be like that. Usually it's the case of me going out of if my way to help... Only for then to purposefully make terrible life choices.

Examples,

He was just out of jail and wanted to get on track. I got him a place to stay, a job, I even personally moved him (like drive, picked up his stuff), and got him an interview with the college. The choice, fuck his perole! Drinking, meth, and knowingly getting a warrant for arrest (to impress the ladies... And it worked) was way better.

The list for her, would be too much as we knew each other for like 28(?) years. She's a mom of a disabled teenage daughter. She thought it was a great idea to get into a relationship with someone she knew was a convicted child predator. I just cannot abide. (I called CPS)

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Predictor? Predator?

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[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Looks at everything. Looks at the sun expanding. Looks back at everything.

Yes, I do believe so

[-] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago

School was a monumental waste of a childhood. Then unis. Now work. It all sucks.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Sanding a corner.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Scrapers. Your welcome.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Oh totally. I was going for the pun. “Only to feel that it’s pointless…” womp womp

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago

Just about everything I've ever done.

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Yay, nihilism!

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[-] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Yes. Work is that useless investment of time.

[-] Syn_Attck@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago

Every amphetamine user reading this post: fidgets nervously in chair

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 4 points 7 months ago

Yes.

My anxiety beast says hi.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Fitting in society. I might as well say society doesn't fit in with me.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

How did that one go? Being well adjusted to an ill society is not a good thing.

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Nope. I usually drop it well before that. Then go back to it for a few minutes or a day. Then drop it again. Rinse and repeat

[-] geoffreyconley@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Absolutely every day... Sadly. Maybe it's just my anxiety and ADHD. But yes.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Almost every job I had prior to realizing I need a work life balance.

[-] krishnamurti@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Oh ya know, just being alive

[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Flight Rising

[-] amio@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Let me answer that with a book title: Life, the Universe, and Everything.

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