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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
6. Dear hamster,
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 11:52 AM
Jul 2014

Do you have the ability to regroup every now and then? I'm talking a week or more at a time.

This part is not necessarily about your post as it would bring in too many assumptions on my part. I have seen so many people who work their asses off to get by. Their heads stay down and success is just making it through the daily grind. When younger, we can often do that and more. After a while, it takes its toll. We all need time to regroup. Get our heads up and look around us. Create a life inventory and assess where we are at. Without doing this type of thing it is easy to get worn down. Easy to get into a cycle where little changes. Easy to get into a cycle where one feels as though nothing more can be done.

Too many people aren't given the time to do this.

I think the endless 7x24 hr. crap that goes on with "social media, 24-hour news, etc., etc." can RKP5637 Jul 2014 #1
Hormonal changes? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #2
Excellent analysis/synopsis IMO!!! RKP5637 Jul 2014 #4
Yes, most definitely playing a part. hamsterjill Jul 2014 #9
I used to get all fired up about issues.... femmocrat Jul 2014 #3
Have you checked your testosterone levels? IronLionZion Jul 2014 #5
Dear hamster, NCTraveler Jul 2014 #6
I think your post must've hit a nerve. hamsterjill Jul 2014 #7
We don't get enough time to do these things. NCTraveler Jul 2014 #11
I have to do this too PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #13
I hope you attain your dream! hamsterjill Jul 2014 #16
Thank you... PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #17
Dude, I hit my 30s and I am nowhere near as brave as I once was. Xyzse Jul 2014 #8
As I have gotten older awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #10
I think we become more risk-averse as we age. Brigid Jul 2014 #12
Great points PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #15
"Old age isn't for sissies." Bette Davis Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #14
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