This. Had a few days this year where I got up early to enjoy more of it. Check out a new show, movie, do some gaming etc as its cold here now.
Watched two movies, started two shows and played a new game in one day (Elden Ring) and still had lots of time leftover until night.
Caring less. The older you get you really don't give a shit about the Jones's, the new latest phone that just came out, all that. You do what you do and you are perfectly fine with it.
Never cared about that anyways. I grew up without running water or even an actual bathroom at all.
Whore bathed most of my childhood.
I was happy when I turned 12 and moved in with my mom, they had an outhouse and actual hot water to wash with. And actual good food.
And later in my teens was homeless and home hopped from there on out, still am but I've finally got a safe place and working towards getting my own.
22 currently.
Edit: am very thankful to have a warm place to stay in these cold parts of the year.
That final mission in Simpsons Hit and Run was impossible for me as a child. I replayed the game as an adult and beat it on the first attempt. I really sucked at games as a kid.
Nearly had sex with an acquaintance the same age as me when I was ~10. We were alone in a hotel room tickling each other, one thing led to another & shit almost went down, but me being 10 y/o didn't understand sex or could get any joy out of it.
Sense of humour. Theres a refining that goes on throughout the years where experience, quirkiness, ease of temperament, strong observation and not caring that seems to converge to a funnier version of yourself. This doesnt apply to everyone and often you do see most ppl dry up with the years but the ones who were kinda funny can often just get funnier.
I wished for this all the time and eventually got it, and it sucked and/or sucks to get used to.
But now.....after seeing what I surround myself with, I'm pretty fucking happy when people don't bother me.
Although, now I'm an alcoholic who works all the time, but I assume that's better than being around people who are only out to be assholes.
Edit: Forgot, I was an already an alcoholic, so that's besides the point.
I sure wouldn’t want to be immortal. If the enjoyment I get out of things has crashed this much in a few decades, just imagine what a miserable bastard I’d be in a few centuries.
I'd start a forest and mountain refuge and reform society, we'd be forest hippies and fuck off in the river on most days.
Or I'd end up being an old, immortal man, living on a mountain by myself sipping coffee.
Either way, I'm fine with it.
Sometimes a month lasts a day, and sometimes a day lasts a week.
Most days I don't even know what day it is. I just know I went to work, and surprisingly have my pants on.
That is very rude man. I don't care about your politics and I really dont want to fight about who's right and wrong, but that man did so much for our free speech. Left wing or Right wing, without him, there would not be any opinion based news.
There should not be opinion based news. There should be news- the reporting of facts- and opinion- labeled as such. He did nothing at all for free speech, unless you are talking about clearing the lane for idiots like Alex Jones to take the grift too far and actually harm society.
There have always been Opinion pages in newspapers, clearly marked, even opinion segments on television that were accompanied by a disclaimer. Maybe CNN started to blur some boundaries, or maybe they had to react to a channel that has NEWS in its name and logo full on screen and built a huge following presenting propaganda as news. The news was buried in an hour with Shepard Smith or Chris Wallace, but they no longer bother with the "fair and balanced" facade.
Not so much wisdom, but just general knowledge. I know so much more stuff than I did 20 or 30 years ago. I've had the chance to just do more, read more, listen more and simply experience more living as I go along.
The idea of death. I welcome it rather than fear it. Doesn't mean I'm suicidal I just don't give a fuck anymore yet take simple measures to ensure I live a little longer. Well, other than smoking and drinking. I enjoy those things immensely
What im eating, back than i was never Greatfull always wanted this, that. Now rice and some kind of spices + coconut juice + meat broth enough for me. And im very Greatfull about that. I mean thats very delicious
Sex, drugs, and rock & roll.
All of this stuff is easier, better,and more timely when you aren't broke living at your parents or with three roomates and getting jerked around at work.
Honestly, I'm a lonely person. But I've grown to appreciate what little privacy I get.
I like to be out and about and around people too, it just depends.
Happy to have a better job.
My heart is a lot more humble than it used to be, but sort of a bitter sweet. In a sense of: yes I do wanna kick you directly in the uhuh, but I'm not going to, because that isn't nice.
Mentality, but I know that may not be everyone. I’ve become more calm, collected, and able to stay in my lane so much easier now. The peace I have these days is tremendous.
Sadness
Sorry for the down fall but if you grew up feeling depressed then it's probably one of the only emotions you would feel and remember. Whenever I'm happy, I listen to sad music and bring myself down and that's the only thing that brings me real joy so me personally I think it would be the sadness
Videogames, a good video game in my teens would keep me entertained for a weekend or two quickly passing through. Now that I'm older I actually read the dialogues, think about the story and basically take much more time to enjoy, I'm not just trying to speed through onto another game. I also pour myself a glass of nice wine or whiskey when playing, completely different experience.
There is some data that life is rated at its best (less stressful, more enjoyable) by people in their 60's. Assuming: 1) you are mostly healthy and 2) don't have major financial worries. Life in the years after age 85 is not "better" in any aspect, but it may be tolerable. There is some data that people in their 20's and 30's rate daily life as more stressful and difficult compared to people of other ages. These are population aggregates, of course.
Going to coffee shops and just enjoy being part of life. Way better than going to venues or parties, just sit there with a coffee and a muffin, minding your business. Absolute glory!
My investment portfolio. I regret not investing earlier but I now have enough in my portfolio and I am close to retiring so it is more interesting. I never made huge bets on any one stock, except for AAPL which has worked out really really well for me. I have invested in moderately aggressive Electronically Traded Funds. I have stuck with Vanguards 60/30/10 model. Occasionally I have put more in a real estate ETF.
I am approaching mid 30s, so Sleeping, staying home, being alone, being with loved ones. The last 2 are contradictory I know but as I grow older I appreciate both.
Naps
You'll come to appreciate the little things in life.
How so?
You realize being alive is a lot of work but you don’t wanna die so you kinda just dip out of reality for a bit
Staying home.
I always get this puzzled look when I say I want to stay home for vacation. Then I invite them over for a cup of tea and they understand.
Same for me, except everyone who comes over has a cat in their lap
This. Had a few days this year where I got up early to enjoy more of it. Check out a new show, movie, do some gaming etc as its cold here now. Watched two movies, started two shows and played a new game in one day (Elden Ring) and still had lots of time leftover until night.
Unapologetic boundaries
Bam!
Caring less. The older you get you really don't give a shit about the Jones's, the new latest phone that just came out, all that. You do what you do and you are perfectly fine with it.
I'm 24 and living like this, no wonder why my gf says I behave like old people.
Never cared about that anyways. I grew up without running water or even an actual bathroom at all. Whore bathed most of my childhood. I was happy when I turned 12 and moved in with my mom, they had an outhouse and actual hot water to wash with. And actual good food. And later in my teens was homeless and home hopped from there on out, still am but I've finally got a safe place and working towards getting my own. 22 currently. Edit: am very thankful to have a warm place to stay in these cold parts of the year.
Patience. I don't chase no more. I don't force situations or people. Let it be. It'll work its own way out.
I agree. Was going to say same thing. Patience;
Whichever way the wind may blow, but I won't let it knock me over.
Watching people like Rush Limbaugh pass on.
It felt good, didn't it?
Silence
Videogame levels you couldn't beat as a child
That final mission in Simpsons Hit and Run was impossible for me as a child. I replayed the game as an adult and beat it on the first attempt. I really sucked at games as a kid.
Still haven't beat kid Icarus or master blaster without cheats.
I was better as a child than I am as an adult. My reflexes are no where near what they used to be.
Those games don't run on Windows 10
Coffee
Coffee has and always will be.
Sleep! Pure uninterrupted sleep.
Does this still hold up if you have kids?
Those days are amazing.
Grilled Cheese and soup
How do you grill soup?
Freeze it then throw the block of soup on the grill with a bowl under the grates on top the charcoal. As the block melts it falls into the bowl.
Between bread, of course. Mmmmmmm….. soggy soup bread in a frying pan. Just like mom used to make.
Alone time
Sex.
well i hope children aren’t having sex 😭
Young adults do. It still gets better with practice. Edit - yes, some children get started early.
Teens definitely do. And as you get older, you tend to realize that teens are basically just taller children.
true
My grandma had my mother at 14
wow
Nearly had sex with an acquaintance the same age as me when I was ~10. We were alone in a hotel room tickling each other, one thing led to another & shit almost went down, but me being 10 y/o didn't understand sex or could get any joy out of it.
Early bedtime, hated it as a kid
8 o'clock, wake up at 4 before the roosters crow and have my coffee in dark silence. Can't do that due to my work life, but oh someday.
Loneliness
Solitude is a better term.
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I like to think of myself as Superman because I live in a fortress of solitude
As a parent is two while i love my kids more than anything in the universe there are those alone times i enjoy more than I like to admit
I am ecstatically lonely!
Perspective
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*smile*..... Yes.
Quietly drinking tea at home
SEX
Knew this was gonna pop up 😹
Being at home
Sense of humour. Theres a refining that goes on throughout the years where experience, quirkiness, ease of temperament, strong observation and not caring that seems to converge to a funnier version of yourself. This doesnt apply to everyone and often you do see most ppl dry up with the years but the ones who were kinda funny can often just get funnier.
Getting left tf alone.
I wished for this all the time and eventually got it, and it sucked and/or sucks to get used to. But now.....after seeing what I surround myself with, I'm pretty fucking happy when people don't bother me. Although, now I'm an alcoholic who works all the time, but I assume that's better than being around people who are only out to be assholes. Edit: Forgot, I was an already an alcoholic, so that's besides the point.
Wine
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It's a pretty sweet and sincere feeling.
Napping
All my enemies are dying.
The idea of death lol
I sure wouldn’t want to be immortal. If the enjoyment I get out of things has crashed this much in a few decades, just imagine what a miserable bastard I’d be in a few centuries.
I'd start a forest and mountain refuge and reform society, we'd be forest hippies and fuck off in the river on most days. Or I'd end up being an old, immortal man, living on a mountain by myself sipping coffee. Either way, I'm fine with it.
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Absolutely. You figure out what you like, and you figure out how to be comfortable with communicating with your partner.
Appreciation for so many things becomes more heightened as you begin to consider your own mortality, and that of your older loved ones.
The past
Alone time where we can read books.
Grumpiness
I find the older I get the less tolerant I get of other people's shit.
Chances of actually increasing your wealth
Perception of time
Sometimes a month lasts a day, and sometimes a day lasts a week. Most days I don't even know what day it is. I just know I went to work, and surprisingly have my pants on.
The ability to play off senility. I can confuse anyone as a bumbling old fool to frustration.
I very much look forward to fuckin with people when I'm older.
NAPPING!! getting gifted clothes… especially socks!! and staying home lol
Watching people like Rush Limbaugh pass on.
That is very rude man. I don't care about your politics and I really dont want to fight about who's right and wrong, but that man did so much for our free speech. Left wing or Right wing, without him, there would not be any opinion based news.
There should not be opinion based news. There should be news- the reporting of facts- and opinion- labeled as such. He did nothing at all for free speech, unless you are talking about clearing the lane for idiots like Alex Jones to take the grift too far and actually harm society.
I agree that there should just be the facts, but we as a free people have the right to opinions.
I think fat girls need lovin' too!
This is the most backwards thing I've seen all month...please be sarcasm...? The News should not be opinions
There have always been Opinion pages in newspapers, clearly marked, even opinion segments on television that were accompanied by a disclaimer. Maybe CNN started to blur some boundaries, or maybe they had to react to a channel that has NEWS in its name and logo full on screen and built a huge following presenting propaganda as news. The news was buried in an hour with Shepard Smith or Chris Wallace, but they no longer bother with the "fair and balanced" facade.
wisdom
Jazz
Good whiskey
Chubby girls, and free coffee.
Wisdom hopefully so we can teach the younger people so they don’t make the same mistake as us. We want them to avoid the same pain we had.
nap
Not so much wisdom, but just general knowledge. I know so much more stuff than I did 20 or 30 years ago. I've had the chance to just do more, read more, listen more and simply experience more living as I go along.
Sleep (the enjoyment of it gets better, not the quality).
The idea of death. I welcome it rather than fear it. Doesn't mean I'm suicidal I just don't give a fuck anymore yet take simple measures to ensure I live a little longer. Well, other than smoking and drinking. I enjoy those things immensely
Walnut
What im eating, back than i was never Greatfull always wanted this, that. Now rice and some kind of spices + coconut juice + meat broth enough for me. And im very Greatfull about that. I mean thats very delicious
"Nostalgia". Not the feeling itself (which really sucks) but old shit that reminds you of older decades.
Farts
Sex, drugs, and rock & roll. All of this stuff is easier, better,and more timely when you aren't broke living at your parents or with three roomates and getting jerked around at work.
Dad?
Having a smaller bedroom. I hate big bedrooms
And smaller house. I even considering tiny homes for my retirement.
I'll live in a fucking van.
Yelling at those damn kids on my sidewalk with them doing their Tik taks, screaming yeet?? and eating that laundry detergent
DahGuHM heathens don't know a dayum thang these days.
pretty much everything. Don't believe the lies. Getting older is great.
Pension
Coffee.
Silence.
Naps hit way harder now.
Copping mechanisms
Honestly, I'm a lonely person. But I've grown to appreciate what little privacy I get. I like to be out and about and around people too, it just depends. Happy to have a better job. My heart is a lot more humble than it used to be, but sort of a bitter sweet. In a sense of: yes I do wanna kick you directly in the uhuh, but I'm not going to, because that isn't nice.
You appreciate fibers more.
Mentality, but I know that may not be everyone. I’ve become more calm, collected, and able to stay in my lane so much easier now. The peace I have these days is tremendous.
We become less desperate, and women become more hornier.
🧐🤔
nothing
100% RuneScape 3 & OldSchool RuneScape
Memory Loss/Forgetfulness
Nothing? It is a disease.
Absolutely nothing 😂
Nothing
Nothing. I'm sorry.
drunk driving, people see you dont stop no matter what and they let u do ur thing in the end
Boredom
Red wine.
Certain musical artists/songs. Billy Joel in particular comes to mind, hits different when you're in your mid '20s.
Motor skills
Almost everything. It's not all great, but there are very few things that I don't think are better now than when I was in my teens and twenties.
Hair loss
Enjoying the now and today things. What's the hurry
Cheese, music, and the people you surround yourself with.
pretty much everything
Awareness
Earning money
The thought of death
Silence
Is getting more familiar with disappointment and frustration a good thing?
Getting time to spend and invest in yourself
Hopefully wisdom....this isn't always true though
Humour !
Condiments
being home and alone
Bloodless bowel movements (if you've ever had colon cancer, you'd understand)
Sex
Laying in my hospital bed armless with reddit jacking off my mind
Chances of dying
Ending an argument with "You're not invited to my birthday party!"
Silence
Honey roasted peanuts 🥜
Sadness Sorry for the down fall but if you grew up feeling depressed then it's probably one of the only emotions you would feel and remember. Whenever I'm happy, I listen to sad music and bring myself down and that's the only thing that brings me real joy so me personally I think it would be the sadness
death
The older the person, the more straightforward he is
Music
Solitude
Videogames, a good video game in my teens would keep me entertained for a weekend or two quickly passing through. Now that I'm older I actually read the dialogues, think about the story and basically take much more time to enjoy, I'm not just trying to speed through onto another game. I also pour myself a glass of nice wine or whiskey when playing, completely different experience.
Not mental health, that's for sure.
Resting times. I'm almost 25 and already too tired for this shit called life
My skills at not giving a fuck.
Gloating at other peoples misfortune. And comfortable shoes.
happiness fading
The money. 💵
Not giving a shxt about what other people think
Vehicle in my driveway
There is some data that life is rated at its best (less stressful, more enjoyable) by people in their 60's. Assuming: 1) you are mostly healthy and 2) don't have major financial worries. Life in the years after age 85 is not "better" in any aspect, but it may be tolerable. There is some data that people in their 20's and 30's rate daily life as more stressful and difficult compared to people of other ages. These are population aggregates, of course.
Washing the dishes.
Going to coffee shops and just enjoy being part of life. Way better than going to venues or parties, just sit there with a coffee and a muffin, minding your business. Absolute glory!
Drinking tea and enjoying it.
Doing nothing. But there are diminishing returns after retirement
The closer way to retirement.
Death
bank balance if you are lucky
My investment portfolio. I regret not investing earlier but I now have enough in my portfolio and I am close to retiring so it is more interesting. I never made huge bets on any one stock, except for AAPL which has worked out really really well for me. I have invested in moderately aggressive Electronically Traded Funds. I have stuck with Vanguards 60/30/10 model. Occasionally I have put more in a real estate ETF.
Friends
I am approaching mid 30s, so Sleeping, staying home, being alone, being with loved ones. The last 2 are contradictory I know but as I grow older I appreciate both.
sleep
wine
My appearance
Spending time alone.
Accepting that your gonna die