I live a routine lifestyle. Planning fun stuff for weekends keeps things lively. Also thinking about not having money for 5 seconds makes me realize boredom is not so bad compared to struggling every single day or having to sacrifice meals to pay bills. In the game that is first world society, this is simply the most secure option. Happiness is all about perspective

What? No. Somehow you're confusing insanity with practice.

His quote is literal. Like if you were trying to figure out a math problem, but got into a loop of literally using the same equations and numbers every single time instead of trying new formulas. Like no matter how many times you put 2+2 in your calculator it will always say 4.

Idk how you misinterpreted that so poorly.

Thanks. It definitely borders (probably crosses the line at times) on abuse but she has caretakers who know about his problems and my parents live next door. The caretakers tell my mom everything so my mom and dad have to put him in his place every now and then.

He is an only child and sees me as the closest thing he has to a brother, so he lets his guard down and tells me everything. When he told me he was smoking/dealing weed with one of the caretakers I told my mom and got her ass fired immediately. If they're cool with him there's a chance they cover for him at the expense of my grandma's mental state, and if I have any control of the situation I will absolutely take action.

Kinda shady of me to act like I'm on his side to gather intel but it's in the best interest of my grandma. She is well looked after.

My cousin had his license revoked for 5 years for a DUI and went to AA for drinking. He says the same shit. But he also thinks he's gonna get rich on metaverse land, believes all sorts of whacky conspiracies, is too good to ride a moped, chain smoke cigs and weed all day, hemorrhages my demented grandma's funds for his cigs and redbull, and literally lives in my grandma's basement for free. He's 31 btw.

He's only relapsed with alcohol once in the past couple years since his DUI that I'm aware of tho. So yeah putting it all in god's hands works! /s

I think what keeps him from drinking is actually fear of the even more terrible human he becomes, fears of getting arrested again, and/or fears of getting his ass kicked because he pissed someone off at a bar again.

You missed the whole part about actively assessing your technique, identifying weaknesses to work on, taking advice from experts, building muscle memory, etc.

Tell me you're not good at anything without telling me you're not good at anything.

I think the financial part is the biggest factor. Inflation calculators are neat and depressing tools to play with. $30K in 1970 is roughly $230K this year. Wages are absolutely not keeping up with inflation.

I was a troubled and anxious millennial until I graduated and got an engineering job. Seriously did not feel like life truly began until I had a steady income in my mid 20s. I'm a totally different person with financial stability, but you could get the same level of security from being a cab driver "back in the day"

Later is a typo for latter (my phone just autocorrected that to later and I had to manually fix it).

I concede that that is a viable interpretation though. My bad dawg

If one letter in one word is what is making this barely comprehensible then why did both of our brains automatically fill it in and perfectly comprehend it?

I guess anxiety affects reading comprehension because that is exactly what the post says