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It feels like my life is out of sync

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(idea) by moJoe (3.1 mon) (print)   ?   I like it! Thu Jul 20 2000 at 21:22:39

It is most certainly a trait of our generation. Every few generations you get those unruly, out of place ones that have no idea where they are doing or what the hell is going on. Some of us have become politically active, others play Super Nintendo all day or watch TV while smoking weed and intermittantly masturbating to cheesy Skinemax softcore B-porn flicks. The children of our generation will undoubtedly be anal retentive, singleminded and conservative in an effort to cheese us--their embarassing wacko-liberal parents--off.
My best advice is to try not to expect too much, because when you place high expectations on your life and on yourself you must be prepared for disappointment. I can't say that I am rich, but I can say that I am a lot happier than most people that I know and I doubt that it is coincidence.

(idea) by Bill Dauterive (1.7 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Thu Jul 20 2000 at 21:22:44

Keep this in mind: Yeah, you may be clueless, you may be just winging it, and you may be stumbling through life, but guess what? So is everybody else. Dismiss the assumption that growing up means knowing exactly what to do in any given situation. Life just doesn't work that way.

I grew up with that assumption, and when I was in my early 20's, all it did was cause me stress, particularly since everyone else around me seemed so together. It turns out I was just comparing my insides to other people's outsides.


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Comparing your insides to other people's outsides When life gives you lemons, just shut up and eat your damn lemons I was supposed to be somebody by the age of 23 How do you know when your relationship is over?
From now on, any ordinary knowledge is no longer going to satisfy you, I'm afraid I am not prepared for the rest of this conversation Growing up wing it
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NODE OR DIE! Can you do any less? The First Noble Truth of Buddhism Being with an older woman Intelligence, knowledge, and understanding
Mature Why I play russian roulette with five bullets Ultra Virgin How I nearly killed myself masturbating
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