Date: August 12th, 2026 11:02 AM Author: Flirting Field
Why don't you do something? There is plenty of daylight between wagie grinding away and do-nothing layabout. I'd be so happy if I didn't have to work, and I could find a million things to do to keep me going.
Date: August 12th, 2026 11:28 AM Author: filthy dragon
Seems pointless and no one hires white men anymore
I’ve tried projects and hobbies and shit (which I used to love and wished I had more time for while wage grinding) but now it’s just mid 40s anhedonia and ennui and despair all the way down
Also I spend a ton of time driving my kids around and that sort of thing, not really enjoyable or fulfilling I’m sorry to report
Date: August 12th, 2026 11:58 AM Author: filthy dragon
Keeping my kids alive and safe is the only thing that remotely supplies the feeling I used to recognize&label as “motivation”
However I feel like after a certain point there are rapidly diminishing returns on my efforts invested in that area. How much more barbed wire does our fence really need, you know?
Date: August 12th, 2026 12:02 PM Author: Flirting Field
Yeah, that's not enough, and it's a very low bar. Why not something like take your son to the park most days of the week, pitch to him, and help him go from hitting 100 feet to hitting HRs? Something that's a goal and edifying and that you'll both see progress at. I wish I had more time to consistently spend with my kids like that.
Date: August 12th, 2026 11:55 AM Author: Flirting Field
Too bad about the addy. I never did that, but I feel similarly about learning, being a good reader, etc. Between work, kids, and getting blown out by screens, my capacity is definitely diminished.
Date: August 12th, 2026 11:41 AM Author: filthy dragon
Maybe around 1MM? Much of which is a house. I’ve kind of stopped paying attention to or thinking about money aside from a vague atavistic sense that it sucks not to be actively and continuously building wealth at this stage of life, while at least some others in my cohort are. I’m not jewish btw
Date: August 12th, 2026 11:59 AM Author: Flirting Field
I dunno. I think one of the problems was that you weren't far enough in. If you put more hours into sailing and actually made it from island to island across the Pacific, you might have found it more fulifulling.
Date: August 12th, 2026 12:05 PM Author: sable rehab
it was hell, all goy birdshit "sports" like camping, hiking, paragliding, sailing, surfing are just retarded painful not pleasant activities. its like they want to punish themselves for being birdshits
Date: August 12th, 2026 12:02 PM Author: filthy dragon
I know how to play a bunch of instruments and was good enough at one that it was a major reason I got into a T10 UG long ago
Lots of other creative-type hobbies in the past too, all on the junk pile. I try to pick them back up all the time and they’re boring and tedious and require more focus than I can ever hope to muster now.
Date: August 12th, 2026 2:26 PM Author: Richard Ames
Get into gardening. Apparently the GOAT POTUS way to deal with this sort of ennui and pointlessness. Maybe set-up a cool area on your property for bees and butterflies to pollinate flowers or whatever.
Date: August 12th, 2026 2:46 PM Author: filthy dragon
Been there, done that, grew the stupid onions out back and won the faggy “Best Landscaping” neighborhood competition (twice) out front. Became too much to manage and my yard looks like shit now. I try to avoid even looking at it.
Date: August 12th, 2026 2:59 PM Author: Richard Ames
TBH I think too much of a feeling of safety takes its toll. Knowing you have $6m coming your way has for sure reduced your edge and perhaps your feeling of usefulness.
Maybe there are some oddball business ideas you could start as a means to mix it up and perhaps introduce some surprise upside to your life.