What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[TSTR]

So I went to the doctor yesterday. Got my Zoloft dose upped for the third time in six months. Six months ago, I was taking 25 mg per day which worked flawlessly for me for almost ten years. Now I'm taking 100 mg. 75 mg was mostly getting me where I should be emotionally, but my doctor felt that going to 100 mg and seeing how I feel in a month was a good course of action. Hopefully I'll actually be happy again instead of just apathetic.

It's a shame so few people realize that mental health issues can be just as crippling as physical health issues.

i feel u so hard bro

[Ack]

Feeling like you're being left behind by your friends is one of the worst feelings.

I guess it's inevitable - I'm a good two-three years behind most of them in education and "career" (if you can call waiting tables a career) and most of them were/are at far more prestigious schools with much better opportunities than those I have access to. I can't afford to eat out at the places they like to go. Can't do the things they do because I don't have the time. I feel left out of conversations because I don't necessarily have the basis of knowledge they do on a lot of subjects.

I don't know why they bother including me still.

I just needed to vent a bit about that.

Are these high school friends? Of the people I went to high school with, I still talk to one of them, and that's only rarely. At this point the closest and best friendships I have were formed during my college years or are related to those college friends in some way.

And situations change through the years. The "left behind" feeling ain't a nice one, but I understand it too having done grad school and being unemployed for a couple of years afterward while many of my pals found careers in their fields. Hell, they were getting married and considering kids while my relationship was falling apart. I'm still not married, nor have kids, nor own a house like many of them do. But eventually you get past those hurdles and realize that it doesn't matter as much as you thought it did, and life is far messier than you were led to believe when you were young. You're still an adult, and your journey is your own no matter what.

[ElkinFencer10]

It's test day. "What are the three parts of Dante's Divine Comedy?"

The student answered "Inferno, Paradiso, Portugal"

[fastbilly1]

You're still an adult, and your journey is your own no matter what.

Thats true, listen to that Ryan.

There are people I went to all four schools with, one of which in my major. Many went on to do great things, some went on to do nothing. When you start worrying about what others are doing you get your mind off of your goals. You may never compare to those people in your eyes, but who cares. Ack is one of my best friends from college and I am exceptionally envious of his awesome career, however he is envious of my experiences. It is a give and take, but what matters is that you get through your journey.

[ElkinFencer10]

"Define Socialism"

"Where there is no currency and you look for your shoe"

I literally have no clue what this kid is trying to say. All I know is that it's wrong.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

You're still an adult, and your journey is your own no matter what.

It is a give and take, but what matters is that you get through your journey.

Thanks for the encouraging words guys. They do make me feel better. And yeah, feeling that way is a terrible and useless distraction - there's no sense staring in envy. That's time better spent improving myself. But emotions are weird ya know?

Anyways I appreciate it.

[mjmjr25]

Finished chicken coop skywalk last weekend - went swimmingly.

Started raised planting beds for my wife today - I really want them to have a nice aesthetic so we are building them in an L shape; on an incline in the backyard. 12x4 across the long end, 8x4 on the short end. The front (at top of incline and parallel to the house) will be 1' off the ground and the tail end of the 8' section will be 28" off the ground. Hope to have it completed tomorrow. Soil will be here, but it's going to be a lot of loads to fill this, so that will get down Sunday.

[PartridgeSenpai]

"Define Socialism"

"Where there is no currency and you look for your shoe"

I literally have no clue what this kid is trying to say. All I know is that it's wrong.

It's too late at night for me to laugh as hard as this made me XD

What grade-level was this assignment for? That answer is just priceless regardless XD

[KalessinDB]

Fried potatoes with oregano, maple bacon, and a 4 cheese blend, paired up with thin cut rib eye on a roll with mozzarella and sauteed sweet onion. If I can make a tastier lunch, I don't know what it would be

I am now so very very full, but so happy.

[jp1]

:D Fried potatoes with oregano, maple bacon, and a 4 cheese blend, paired up with thin cut rib eye on a roll with mozzarella and sauteed sweet onion. If I can make a tastier lunch, I don't know what it would be

I am now so very very full, but so happy.

I was going to make a rage post, but the simple pleasure you took in your lunch kind of cheered me up. So, thanks...I guess. Your lunch even made my day better.

It does sound really good by the way.