I just ran into someone who I went to school with (~3 years younger than me), whose family I used to know…
They’re very rich (definitely 1%ers), and extremely degenerate…
Her brother is now a tranny. Her father is an androgynous weirdo, and both of her parents are constantly high on designer drugs, every time I run into them (usually at concerts or music festivals, being obnoxious).
This girl… Tells me she has just bought a house. In one of the most expensive houses in my hometown. We’re talking $2M+, average…
So I ask her what she is doing.
“Oh, I’m a professional content creator now. I specialize in TikTok.”
This girl is ugly as fuck, overweight, and probably autistic (think Luna from Harry Potter, but uglier and less endearing). She’s also half-Asian.
I saw a program last night of another TikTok “content creator” in Ireland who was doing up a family mansion, for a few million…
How the fuck is this where we’re at, as a society?
Sure, “bank of Mum and Dad” and all that, but fuck…
Just makes me more depressed and frustrated, tbh…
What exactly makes you think she paid this with money she has earned?
Also: Don't go chasing the grass on the other side. It's most certainly not as green as you think and it prevents you from focusing on bettering yourself.
It’s not so much that I want what she has, but it makes it nearly impossible to even converse with these people, when by comparison, I not only have nothing, but I’ve achieved nothing…
I’ve just been on a plane flight where I happened to be sat next to the family of someone who I haven’t seen in years…
Turns out, she’s done comparatively very well for herself, despite essentially the same background as me. And then, oh, waddaya know, so have her friends… 🤷🏻♂️
Meanwhile, I’m just barely getting by. Barely scraping an existence.
It… It makes it very hard to “keep on”, when nearly every conversation IRL goes like this…
Bam, the only fair comparison to make is to compare yourself today with yourself from yesterday.
You are the one walking your path.
I appreciate this, cheers. Actually reasonable, too, unlike perhaps some of the other response, so, thanks. 👍
Bam, if you want some practical advice I can help a bit.
But seriously, if you get your self-talk right everything improves a lot. It takes practice to become aware of the running commentary your brain is making. Recognizing how you talk to yourself and taking steps to make it more appropriate (kinder) is 3/4 of the battle.
For example, you want to change Wwow, I got nothing done today" into "So I have cleared some roadblocks. Tomorrow is a new day and I am going to hit my task list again."
You really have to watch comparing yourself to other people. Everyone is better at something than you, and they all lie about how well they are doing. No one is going to tell you that they have a tiny dick and their wife is leaving them, especially if it is true.
Best of luck Bam. I am quietly in your corner.