hah I totally forgot about pledging allegiance to the christian flag as a kid until I read that. We never pledged allegiance to the Bible though. Your allegiance was a prerequisite to being in the school, it wasn’t ever a thing that needed to be explicitly stated.
so trippy, I just totally remembered all the words to it too, 20 years since I’ve even thought about it. Now that’s some good brainwashing.
Moving along in my depressing colonialism book - apparently the Mexican-American War was just one giant long Rape of Nanking. Awesome.
I’ve been fully self-actualized for several years now. I might be talked into doing an AMA sometime.
btw I am also very tall.
Pretty sure posting on this or the old forum more than once a week precludes transcendent self-actualization.
perfect, well said. I like that, and you’re right.
My Dad is always encouraging me to be mindful in moments of extreme stress at work, instead of impulsive, which is my tendency.
lol would you guys say you are ever ‘extremely stressed’ at work
Yes, several times a week and it sometimes causes me to wake very early (3am) with irregular heartbeats that stop me falling asleep again.
In three months we will have the mortgage covered and it will give me enormous pleasure to resign and take a part time job doing god knows what locally.
I’ve tried mindfulness because it makes a lot of sense to me but Christ that shit is hard to do effectively, so instead I try to remind myself that I’ll be out of there soon and not to give a shit about whatever/whomever is causing the stress whose cause is ultimately because some arse has plucked a somewhat arbitrary date out of thin air.
I have basically the lowest stress private sector job imaginable and I still get stressed all the time worrying about what others think of me, how I’m perceived, if I’m good enough, if I’m too good for the job and thus an underachieving loser, etc.
thx, guys, for the feedback
jal to the frezi!! this walrus is gonna be your elixir du stress lmao
I have a pretty high stress job. It was pretty bad for a long time. What helped me a ton was mindfulness meditation.
It allowed me to recognize the symptoms way faster and reduce their duration significantly.
With plumbing, the scope of work needs to be precisely defined, as I can literally crane my neck ten degrees in either direction in any building commercial or residential and locate something not within the task as understood that could use a little TLC lol.
If you’re half the personality you are on here, I’d say you’re very well liked and respected
WWI Medals of Honor: 126
WWII: 471
“Indian Wars”: 426, including an unprecedented 20 for slaughtering women and children at Wounded Knee
America Fuck Yeah!
Have you tried LSD?
Even more incredible imo and no hangover or depression.
I’m not down for the 8-hour trip anymore. Those last 2 hours when you just want it to be over are generally pretty rough. Oh the sun is up - yay! Oh hello Mr. Squirrel - what news do you have for me?
You gotta stop caring about all of that, none of that matters at all.
Logically, I fully understand that.
It’s one of those things we never think about but Indian School Road remains a major cross street in the city of Phoenix (“There was a shooting last night near 43rd Ave. and Indian School”). The Phoenix Indian School opened in 1891 and didn’t close until LOL 1990.
Tara Brach’s book “Radical Acceptance” has helped me with my negative self talk. I realized I wouldn’t talk to an enemy the way I talk to myself.
