Are you happy….?
Life lately feels like it is on autopilot. Got a decent job at a young age. Bought all the material things I wanted to. Got a good friends circle. Life is sorted in a way from all points of life. But lately I could not enjoy the things i loved doing in the past. Life is like wakeup, work for sometime, get into a brainrot show or movie, infinite insta scroll, eat, sleep. Sleep schedule messed up, 2 am to 10 am. There is no interest in things except for those which give instant pleasure. No motivation to do the learning, working out, the diet I planned to start a long ago. Ohh trust me back in the day I enjoyed doing those, nothing but gym, mediation, running, diet and classes. Now there is not even much stress mentally or physically than those engineering days yet its impossible to concentrate on one thing at a time. I just wonder if its just because of my fried dopamine receptors. The chasing of instant pleasure than doing things that really matter. Its not just in a motivational POV, felt the same for simple holidays, enjoying the nature, nothing excites me. FYI im below 25 and ik it has to be changed. I can go on and on but you get the essence.
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Cities are spiritually bankrupt. Working everyday just to enjoy a 2 week vacation is unsustainable. We need to live life like how our grandfather lived.
I tell all my friends, never sell your village house. Keep it, we all have to go back one day. It's just a matter of when.
True, had those thoughts too, renovate a house my father owns in the village. Get a dog and live there. In the cities, I don’t get the feeling of stability. It’s more like survival rather than living, owning something . But sometimes I also have these thoughts like, I got used to this fast paced city life, that I might feel bored there.
The breaking point is 7 years. You live in a city for 7 years and you won't leave for the next 15. Unless you are forced.
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Bro damn🤣🤣 i was there. Thinking the people’s lives who work in faang, maang or bhaang they call it now, are sorted. Trust me, Its the same. After you cross the, lets say a 50k a month job, which covers the necessities, its all the same till you get some serious responsibilities. We buy shit you don’t need for a while and after a point, its the same for british telecom or paypal.
You my friend are suffering from being spoilt by your own lifestyle. Back in the days, did you have access to the andha paise ? Were you able to buy everything you wanted ? No. So, what happened then ? When you did something or brought something, you VALUED it. Yes, you valued every millimeter of the material you brought. You valued every second spent on something that you did. That was your dopamine hit.
But now ? You have access to everything easily. But do you value it ? No. You brought that gym membership. But do you value it or just ended up taking it for granted and ignored it ? You found that diet plan that you know will help you. But do you really value it ? Bcz it looks like you didn't and you just nudged it away like that spam notification you swiped away. You want to learn something new, but do you value that new ? Or is it just that you wanted to keep yourself distracted from something for sometime and the original goal was to never learn it, but was only hope you reap the benefits it would give you eventually ?
Think about it.
It is so strange, you were full of life when you had nothing and wanted to achieve something, but now that you have achieved something you see no interest in it? Is it because society is driving your goals? Introspect whether your 18 yr old self would be happy with where you are right now and feel some gratitude, and don't force yourself to change anything, you will evolve and see the point in doing things which you are doing right now
Some wise words. I am grateful. A lot actually. It was out of my league till I achieved it. But true, the feeling that i should achieve this was purely reinforced by the people around me. At that point, since this was my only goal, i worked towards it. Once i reached it, I couldn’t see anything further. I should get some discipline and some goals ig
Happens bro.
I hate being in my comfort zone. And I think that’s your problem too.
I switched sub-teams internally multiple times within just 3 years of joining my present company, just because I got adjusted to it. And somehow learning new things helped me get rid of this boredom.
Also, if you can maintain curiosity (could be for tech, could for anything else) that provides with you a sense of purpose. Saying this because, I have been extremely curious about AI recently, and I am having the urge to learn that too.
Getting a good salary at the beginning of career doesn’t mean we are settled for life, look up higher, and what more you can do - not just financially - but in a higher order, a true satisfaction.
I think we all must find something to ponder around, and that will give us a sense of purpose.
Thanks bro, will be reading this again and again
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You're just 21, so maybe you've just started with your career. Ideally, you should not be feeling low like this, given you have friends and bought the things you wanted to.
This happens when your mind is subconsciously craving for something you don't have and you don't even realize it. It might be a partner, or a distant dream of yours that remains unfulfilled.
You can introspect yourself and retrospect your entire life, maybe you'll be able to find that missing piece.
And kindly stop yourself from investing too much time into social media. You can use it in moderation and responsibly, for information purpose as well. It's also possible that with all this scrolling, you're subconsciously comparing yourself with others and that is what is draining all the energy and happiness out of you. 🤷🏻♀️
Kindly keep doing the things that excite you, that you really love doing. Hangout with friends if possible. And spend quality time with yourself as well.
Hope you start feeling happy from within again!
Thanks!! Its not the comparison for sure. I just might need some discipline again