I have spent most of the day, just sitting around, doing very little - which is a bit of a change for me from most days - but I think it has been welcome. I am very far from 100% but I think that I am over the hump and on the mend, which is good. I just hope that it isn't like the last time I was ill, where it cycled for about two weeks where one day I was okay, the next I felt like crap again.
I was talking to my wife the other day about how we seem to keep putting things on hold, waiting for better to do things. Waiting for more time, or when we are healthier, or when there is less going on, a some extra money - waiting. It reminded me of the "Waiting Place" in The Places You Will Go, by Dr Seuss, where people are just sitting around, waiting for what they want to come to them.
Am I doing the same?
Often I feel like I am, where it seems like I am biding my time, waiting for better conditions to go after what I want, rather than making the moves now. Don't get me wrong though, I am not passive, but I question more whether I am active enough. One of the things that keeps me writing each day is that no matter how bad I might feel, I will look to get my thoughts out, to get an understanding of what is going on in my head in somewhat "real time", to see if there is something I can learn, something worth sharing. While not everything is a greatest hit or literary gold, I generally find something of value, tucked away.
How does it feel, to feel valueless?
This is a thought I keep returning to, as we as a society disconnect from each other, become more selfish, look out for our needs, but feel no obligation to be careful with the needs of others. I feel that this disconnection is leading us into being increasingly disposable to each other, and that eventually results in us being irrelevant to each other, unnecessary, and unvalued. We talk about how companies don't care about the humanity of their employees and treat them as material resources, but are we treating each other any differently?
I don't think so.
At least, in practice. In belief, we seem to think that we are good people, but if our behaviors don't align with that belief system, are we? I hear parents talk about how important it is to spend time with their children, yet they are not present during that time. People talking about how much they love their partners, yet they are not interested in even listening to the other's needs. We want a strong community, but even at the personal level, our habits do not support a strong family.
Perhaps it is just the illness speaking.
It could be that, but I have been observing people for a very long time and I have noted these changes happening for decades. Subtle things at first, but they are becoming more pronounced, and more obvious. Disillusioned and desperate people, falling into avoidance, depression, and violence. Inflicting pain onto others, justified because they have come to believe that their feelings should be shown, and all they feel is suffering. They all have a reason as to why they are entitled to hurt others, an excuse.
Entitlement - it is in plague proportions.
What do you think we have the right to? What human rights are granted us by nature? What about by society? What conditions are we building for our society, culture, children, future?
At what point is it time for better?
Should we keep waiting?
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
I think that is just a part of getting older. I have been feeling the same way about wondering if I am putting things off too much. I have a feeling most people don't do that big thing and wish they would have waited longer. More likely they wish they had done it sooner.
I agree with your point.
Thanks!
Sooner rather than later - perhaps it is like catching a plane - a minute too late, is very expensive.
The cost is going to be great for sure.
I don't think the mere act of expecting better or more, as the case may be, is bad. So far, it seems to me things have an unnerving habit of turning out how we expect they will. From what I've seen, people who don't expect to amount to much typically don't. People who expect things to go badly for them are often right.
So personally, I expect a lot.
But. I also hold myself to that "a lot" standard. I don't expect things to come to me without effort or kick. I give a lot, I make a lot of effort. But I do also expect things that might appear big or quite "out there" for others. I think you need both. Both to give it your best, and to expect best. Or at least, as you said, better.
That's for entitlement.
As for waiting for better moment, better health, etc. to take care of what needs it, I think there's mostly just now. Better things could come, but so could worse. How long can you afford to wait in the hope that "better" is the right bet?
I wonder if it is self-manifestation, or just reality settling in?
I used to be an optimist, thinking things would work out, no matter how bad conditions were. I feel I have lost it over the years, so while I work hard, I am not sure I expect it to work, if that makes sense.
Here these symptoms are common with the viruses I mentioned in the previous post. Also, fever with severe arthralgia and chronic cough.
I have the joint (and skin) pain the last few days. It is easing slightly now.
I stopped expecting a high price for HIVE. But I will wait for a good SPS price in this market :)
What is good enough for SPS? 50 cents would be okay ;D
Now 10 cents is enough for me, but I will leave some SPS for 50 cents. And at this price I will play Splinterlands from morning to evening :)
Most people do these unintentionally and wait for better days.
Yes - unintentional still has consequences.
I just have a belief that everyone is waiting for one thing or the other and if we all are being asked, the majority of us are waiting for the better days ahead
That’s what I feel
Ask and you shall receive -work and you have a better chance of getting.
At this point You are right to say that you like writing even you are not feeling well.
When you want to throw your thoughts, it can also gives lesson to the reader.
I think all of us have bound ourselves to some extent with time. We should do our best every time no matter what times gives us. New challenges and we should accept all.
It gets hard to do the best, when there is little reward for doing so. In the end, we work on incentive, so if the incentive doesn't arrive, if there is no payoff, we are far more likely to reduce our workload.
I understand you, sometimes it happens to me.
It's not that you're passive, it's that sometimes you think too much.
It's a bad habit that I found difficult to get rid of. I used to think and plan too much. The result: It took a long time to do some things I wanted, and therefore, it was wasted time.
Now I do things without thinking jajajjaja, but it has been satisfying.
I only think too much until I have finished writing. Writing allows me to get most of the thoughts out, so when I go to bed, I can sleep.
It also happens the same to me, sometimes I start writing about something, and I end up finding the solution to my problem
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There are some times where you quite simply have to wait for better conditions regardless of how desperately you feel otherwise. Like if you're sick, you just have to wait til you get better or not only will you take longer to get better, you will take longer doing crappy substandard work which will suck for longer than if you'd just rested and gotten better and then started doing good enough work XP
Meanwhile there's points where good enough is good enough and other points where I don't see why anyone would wallow in good enough when better can be done.
ps speaking of better I hope that's what you are feeling :)
I think outside of sickness, putting things off and waiting for a better time is because of laziness, or thinking one has a lot of time later. If one is sick, they should focus on getting better. Doing things too soon can make the problem worse.
Sadistic behaviours abound in our society where people who were at the receiving end of pain and hurt feel that every other person should have a share of what they went through. Unleashing vengeance on others would not make you heal but would quickly turn you into a monster.
Every time is a time for better. I have always said these, if you choose the good or right things you do or the people you do it to then you are no different from a bad person.
I'm not much of a waiting person myself. I constantly seek change, so waiting around for something to come to me just isn't my style. I have been putting off this potential move to Costa Rica for a few years now, but it is just so hard to leave NYC when I have such a sweet deal on rent with a school commute that is 2 blocks away. At least in NYC, waiting gets you nowhere. Even if I haven't moved for 5 years, NYC keeps me constantly engaged, so I'm never sitting around waiting for something unless I want to be taking it easy.