27 Apr 08:39
--have you ever read 'a new earth' by eckhart tolle? awesome book, and its not up its own arse like most are
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27 Apr 08:39
--its really funny how much me and my brother both talk about this actually. i know running away from yourself doesnt work, but i need to be somewhere fresh.
27 Apr 08:39
--the change must happen on the inside first...before anything will change externally
27 Apr 08:37
--i need to be away from the world for a bit i think. the chains that i make for myself are just getting tighter i feel. i know for a fact im a worse person than when i started secondary school for example, ive become a hell of a lot colder but thats let me avoid having a sh*tty time.
27 Apr 08:37
--we all get so tied up in our own constructed world view that we are all clenched and prune like on the inside :)
27 Apr 08:36
--but the thing is, that two years sitting somewhere doesn't automatically give you enlightenment..
27 Apr 08:35
--Yeah the buddhist philosophy is the closest thing to a practical way of living I believe
27 Apr 08:34
--i have genuinely considered going to a buddhist monastery and just chillin there for a couple years before. Taoism is the only religion that has ever made sense to me. no fear, no punishment, just being. a religion based on just being alive. thats my kind of thing.
27 Apr 08:32
--well we are alone in our own little microcosms but its comforting to know there are others out there...
27 Apr 08:30
--career = life is a very deeply drilled in culture in US, and in my family too, and a main cause/trigger of my depression
27 Apr 08:29
--oh and then maybe getting plastered. but im at school so thats more difficult now.
27 Apr 08:29
--my reward is feeling guilty im not revising. then looking at it and thinking 'well im not saving that'
27 Apr 08:28
--Ward: forcing yourself to do new or not-so-interested in stuff, make sure you give yourself rewards for that
27 Apr 08:28
--Just out of curiosity, how much is the product design for games/movies restricted? Ive heard clients favour generic stuff and make safe bets, but isnt there wiggle room, atleast in details?
27 Apr 08:28
--haha from a more philosophical pov, but do we end, or do we continue on in some way?...no proof either way :p
27 Apr 08:28
--its really funny that in the modern world we have created this illusion of careers being your life. careers are a man made concept of survival with bonuses attached. when it comes to it maybe i would be more happy as a board instructor. i cant wait for things to change, but i want to go out and live! im just moving from one institution to another to another, from school to uni to work to a retirement home. i want to and be a hitchiker and live in the wild and befriend bears who will be my new family....