There’s some really entertaining posts here (Ourboro- fucking hysterical).
For the people that said your life becomes about interests, I think that’s the key.
If anything, people who lift alot (or do some kind of physical activity that requires teams, interacting with other people, etc) are, I think, far happier than those who just do the basic bullshit.
I’m kind of where the OP is right now, on that line. I’m not going to lie and say I don’t still love going out and getting fucked up and doing all of the unintelligent things that guys in their early 20s do, but I’m also beginning to have things that are too good to lose, like my job. It’s that transitional period that’s tough, especially when your friends are a group like mine.
It’s still cool to go out, but in relation to certain people, the terms “drug addict” and “alcoholic” begin getting thrown around in a serious manner for those who, by 25 years old, have no control over themselves.
It’s not as simple as it was when we were younger, and everyone did the same thing so no one could judge.
But the important thing is having goals. For years I didn’t pay attention to setting goals because they were already set- graduate high school, graduate college, get a good job. While some might decry the “getting a good job” thing and think it’s shallow, its important to remember the amount of hours you spend at work- you’d better like the place you’re going to be for 5 days a week.
Now, though, I’m temporarily cruising at my job because I have to get requisite “experience in the field.” That means that I have to set other goals, such as raising my maxes, getting deeper into boxing, and looking into other martial arts, as well as reading and continually educating myself so I feel that I’m always progressing in some form.
More or less, what I’m trying to say is that there are many people who settle into a job they hate, and while they make paper doin it, end up hating life because they hate their job. This then seeps into all other facets of their life, and leads to that “same old shit” reply that you here so often.
Needless to say, there is going to be a divide between those that are progressing and those that begin to stagnate, and you see it start in the mid-late 20s.
Frustrating though it may be, all you can do is keep on working on your own life.
You got one life to make it for the movies. Anything less is a waste of breath.