Yes, I do feel like I keep growing. I think it's a good check on yourself; don't become complacent.
By contrast, I see it more as a moderation thing; It's easy to push too far in the other direction out of some idea about running out of time, but taking a rest every now and again can be how to appreciate the good times more than flooding every waking moment with a good time while a total burnt out zombie about it.
Maybe I've met too many people on Adderall or with a severe caffeine problem.
You should consider doing something about it, not wait for it to happen to you.
Upkeep gets in the way. You can't just ignore the costs of living, and in that you get sucked into financial imprisonment of otherwise free time. You can't even schedule anything unless the business you're a part of lets you without risk of being fired, it's super limiting and then later in life you realize you spent years on working instead of personal fulfilment.
It's almost like you have to be poor to have any free time anymore. If you want anything of quality, you have to spend life force via time from working to get it. By the time you have the funds you need you're older and therefor more tired, and if you fall into traps like sugar sodium nicotine caffeine and alcohol you can see yourself standing in place instead of going anywhere.
COVID didn't help, a lot of people have sunk inward and it's changed the social schema. Noospherically speaking, this is a different Earth than it was pre-COVID.
Through adventures and misadventures, I feel I have gained valuable insights and considerations outside of my comfort zone.
My best experiences were spent away from my comfort zone, but it's also exhausting to do that for too long. Like I still feel some level of pre-fatigue even imagining traveling to other countries again or going on a road trip.
With age this becomes even more true, and with caffeine you're just borrowing from yourself.
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