How do you let go of time of your life wasted?

[Redchic12]

Bluto I honestly don’t,think anything is wasted. Your doing an extremely valuable job. Imagine if we had no truckies then nobody would be able to have furniture, food, household appliances, just about everything. The world would be in right state then wouldn’t it.

I personally appreciate the truckies for what they do.

[Bluto]

Redchic12, yes, there's the social value too. So even though a particular job, lifestyle choice, or decision might not satisfy someone on a personal level, it might have value at a social level. Truck drivers and artists are valuable to society. Imagine there were no artists, poets, writers etc, how bleak life would be with literally no art. Society needs art and artists, even if the individual artist doesn't make a ton of money from doing so. In this sense there is no waste, and there is meaning to be found in much suffering. I think that's time well spent - sure there's been no material return on the investment (of time), but it's a sad state of affairs if we view everything as a return on investment. What about the pure joy of doing something? What about indulging in one's passions? Again, what about the social value? That's no way a waste of time.

[girlsearching]

I'll be turning 30 this year and I'm not looking forward to my milestone birthday. I wasted my whole youth on laziness and procrastination and now feel that life came to an end and I cant reach to my goals.

[Altair]

Then soon we can welcome you into the 30s club..

Childhood and teens is when we have unrealistic dreams..
Twenties is when we're in the middle, still dreaming but reality is trying to catch us..
Thirties is when you realize reality has caught up with you..

... doesn't stop dreams, ambitions etc.! Things are just become more realistic.

[girlsearching]

Originally Posted by Altair

Then soon we can welcome you into the 30s club..

Childhood and teens is when we have unrealistic dreams..
Twenties is when we're in the middle, still dreaming but reality is trying to catch us..
Thirties is when you realize reality has caught up with you..

... doesn't stop dreams, ambitions etc.! Things are just become more realistic.

Thanks Altair for the encouragement.

[Redchic12]

GirlS. Hey the thirties is when life really starts happening gal! Of course you will still have dreams and even they are more realistic achievable dreams imo. In fact I don’t think our dreams ever really stop. Mine haven’t. They just change at different times in your life.

I personally did the most amazing things in my life when I was in my thirties so for your birthday do the following:

Get a new hairstyle and colour.
Get a pedicure
Get a massage
Buy a complete new look in your wardrobe
Buy yourself a bunch of flowers
Join a creative art group ie painting, writing, pottery etc
Make an effort to meet new positive, creative people who can have a positive effect on you which in turn leads you onto a different path that you are on right now.
(Obviously not all the same time) lol

When I look back, I have always done this naturally and it has made a tremendous difference to my life.

Quote: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing

- Helen Keller

[girlsearching]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

GirlS. Hey the thirties is when life really starts happening gal! Of course you will still have dreams and even they are more realistic achievable dreams imo. In fact I don’t think our dreams ever really stop. Mine haven’t. They just change at different times in your life.

I personally did the most amazing things in my life when I was in my thirties so for your birthday do the following:

Get a new hairstyle and colour.
Get a pedicure
Get a massage
Buy a complete new look in your wardrobe
Buy yourself a bunch of flowers
Join a creative art group ie painting, writing, pottery etc
Make an effort to meet new positive, creative people who can have a positive effect on you which in turn leads you onto a different path that you are on right now.
(Obviously not all the same time) lol

When I look back, I have always done this naturally and it has made a tremendous difference to my life.

Quote: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing

- Helen Keller

Thank you Redchic12 but I'm not going to do any of the following I'm to afraid to get out of my comfornt zone. I don't celebrate my birthday becasue I never saw the point in it.

[Redchic12]

Girl searching. Hey that’s ok. You don’t have to celebrate if you don’t feel like. Personally I haven’t celebrated my birthday for years and never tell anyone when it is. I just feel it’s a load of sh……..to be honest. But then again I’m a lot older than you and sometimes I think this comes with age. Maybe.

One way I’ve found that gets us out of our comfort zone is just taking a baby step into something that scares us. Just something simple and tiny that we can retreat back to our safety place if we’re not comfortable with it. I’ve heard that can work wonders.

Just a thought.

[calla lily]

Pathfinder, I can sympathize. I also studied art but I had no intention of building a career as an artist. Even if you don't have time to make art, you could still keep it in your life. Go to an art museum if and when you can. This always feeds my soul. As far as making money from art, I had a few professors in university who couldn't get a gallery to show their work either but that didn't stop them. They decided to put together their own shows. Of course, they didn't rent a gallery space to do this. Whatever space they could find and turn into a gallery, they did. After some time, their work started to get noticed by galleries. I like the idea mentioned earlier of displaying your work in cafes.

Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't. At least you tried.

[girlsearching]

I don't celebrate my Birthday either it falls on the first of September . I just want to forget about turning 30 is no big deal in my opinion.