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I don't feel like I'm growing anymore. Not for maybe over a decade.

I understand other perspectives and I'm capable of speaking on behalf of others for their cause, but I see things on levels I cannot describe.

Spatial Mind said: 

I don't feel like I'm growing anymore. Not for maybe over a decade.

I understand other perspectives and I'm capable of speaking on behalf of others for their cause, but I see things on levels I cannot describe.

If you can understand their perspectives, doesn't it make sense to instead help them along a path instead of insist they ought to already be there? 

Turncoat said: 

Spatial Mind said: 

I don't feel like I'm growing anymore. Not for maybe over a decade.

I understand other perspectives and I'm capable of speaking on behalf of others for their cause, but I see things on levels I cannot describe.

If you can understand their perspectives, doesn't it make sense to instead help them along a path instead of insist they ought to already be there? 

 Insist ?

That has nothing to do with me I help people all the time. 

Buttered Toast said: 

Xadem said: 

Buttered Toast said: 

Yes, I do feel like I keep growing.  I think it's a good check on yourself; don't become complacent.  You should consider doing something about it, not wait for it to happen to you.

 In what areas have you grown recently would you say? 

Did you learn how to fall with the right side up?! HAHAHAH

Recently, I think I've been exposed to a lot more political talk.  My situation as an immigrant also has charged all of this with new perspectives.  I think I have really come to see what I think on issues, found more perspective.  It's still frustrating and overstimulating, but I haven't really had the luxury of my usual ambivalence in real life any more.  It's scary in some ways, but feels good to understand better.

 What country did you immigrate from?

Turncoat said: 

Buttered Toast said: 

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. 

 A lot of wealthy people have good work life balance. It depends on the field. If you're *disabled* (not poor in general) then yeah you'll have lots of free time

Buttered Toast said: 

Xadem said: 

Congrats on your social awakening :) It's an important step... You are part of society whether you accept it or not, so it's always better to control your views rather than risking being the silent majority that support the loudest minority through complacency - to keep it topical.. 

This isn't the lesson I was really learning here.  I wasn't unaware of the issues, how society works, etc.  It is more about what you say with the "silent majority".  My views weren't out of my control, but I had always been more cynical in their efficacy, etc.  I am still cynical and pessimistic -- what a pessimistic cynic would call "realistic" -- but I have found I counterbalance a lot of the more extreme views on both sides, and that if I never mention or talk about something, maybe no one might or not enough will.  It may not matter now or soon, but maybe eventually.  Yadda, yadda ...I also don't feel like writing an essay about it right now. :)

Has this brought you more pain or pleasure? Do you feel more informed; are you taking some steps to get involved or just learning? :)

I wouldn't put it on a scale of pain or pleasure, maybe complication vs simplicity.  I have taken small steps in being involved, being informed.  It always starts out self-serving in some matter, but it usually leads into the world around you.  I find it difficult to articulate without being boring and verbose, so I will leave it at that.

I grew up in China. The point of living in China is to not criticize the government, and you'll generally have a decent life with quite a bit of freedom. Even if you do criticize them, not much is going to change. I find it that while its much easier to criticize the government in America, we have very little power overall. Both parties are controlled by companies dumping billions on them.