Does anyoen else feel like they are not gettng anywhere at life?

4 points by teslacar 7 years ago | 5 comments

i read all these success stories of young people retiring early and or getting rich and i am neither rich nor retired. it is part of the FIRE movement

throwaway8879 7 years ago |

Life is not important enough to stress out over, friend. Embrace your insignificance. It is the true path to happiness and freedom.

The valuator is in control of all value. Your worth as a human being, and the emotional side effects resulting from that worth, is better left in your control and not to external forces.

Trappist1 7 years ago |

I used to feel this way a lot. I think setting and writing down a bunch of small goals and trying to achieve them has led me to both be more successful and feel more accomplished. In the past, when I only had huge, grandiose dreams I often was either intimidated by them and never worked towards them or felt like a failure when I did work towards them and it didn't work on. Contrarily, when you set small goals and achieve them those dopamine surges keep you going and I've actually accomplished some of my old big goals since.

zunzun 7 years ago |

If you make it your purpose in life to help other people, and you do that, you have succeeded in your life. If you make it your purpose in life to acquire great wealth, and you do that, even if you freeze your corpse in liquid nitrogen (this has been done) your wealth is gone.

Phithagoras 7 years ago |

Where is it that you're trying to go, and what will really be different about when you get there? Getting rich and/or retiring early are probably not the goals that will truly satisfy you enough to stop moving forward in life.

lioeters 7 years ago |

There's nowhere to get to, it's all here and now, the world in the palm of your hand.