(03-03-2015, 03:01 AM)Gaspard Wrote: My biggest gripe with people (Including myself) is that we often chase happiness and status and greatness, Yet forget to be grateful for what we have already, and in turn make ourselves (and those around us) miserable.
We cry, complain, shout, struggle against things, places. Greed has the majority of us by the balls, since we either want more money, more personality, more intelligence, more skill, more anything.. and  too often forget to appreciate that; hey, you've got food, a home, a few people you can really trust, a warm bed, clothes, and such a massive overabundance of media and pass times to indulge in that 'boredom' has become virtually impossible.
Basically ; Biggest point of the Rant;
I hate it that we all make ourselves miserable by not appreciating what we have. Fuck, I used to live off 10 EUR a week for over half a year, and have made it to live a stable life with above minimum wage earnings, got a dog, got a job that supplies me with 240 Hours of work (Which I do gladly cause fuck yeah money), I can afford to eat properly, go out to restaurants once or twice a month (the really good ones) and I still find reasons to complain, push, grind and make myself miserable because it's not enough. And I see this in almost 'every' person.
Ah, yeah. I often realize that most of my gripes are First World problems. I complain about drivers, but I'm driving basically a new car. I'll gripe and moan about stuff not dropping for me in game or lag or something of the sort, but I have the free time and the comfort of a home and Internet in which to do such things. I'll complain about the kids I had to deal with in college, but I got to go and get my degree for free after spending time in the military - thus I have no college loan debt.
It does help, though, to stop and think about what you actually have. Whenever I'm feeling super negative, I try to remember that I'm actively living on my own with little problem, have a pretty consistent job right now, and am actively building a bit of a nest egg for emergencies/when I ultimately retire. The only payments I have to make are for apartment, car, phone, and internet. Everything else is my own to spend as I will.
I'm pretty well off, all things considered, and I suppose that makes me get upset at myself more when I get into one of my "I'm useless" slumps.
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