Thought or Rant of the day!!!

[MartialAngel]

Seko, how may times should I say "sleep"?

I'ma start PMing you late at night to make sure you're asleep if you keep this up. Really, watch your health. Please watch your health.

Aww...Seko, Dudel's worried. That's usually a good sign that you should probably listen to him.

P.S. I'm concerned too. Get some sleep!

[Rebma]

For the record, I'm not concerned. But that's because I consider days without sleep normal, and don't know what's normally healthy for you.

[returner]

Generally speaking it's unhealthy not to sleep anyway. I see where Rebma is coming from, it's Seko's life / lifestyle so we shouldn't be too concerned, but Seko, sleep is goooood... if you're having trouble sleeping due to stressors in your life, consider taking sleeping pills? Or smoke some weeeed.

[Dudel]

I'd suggest meditating before resorting to such chemical stimulus.

[Rebma]

Huh. Oddly enough I agree with returner. Smoke some weed. It's natural. Straight from the ground. That's my logic and you all can't deter me.

[SekoETC]

I think I got 5-6 hours this time and I feel much better. Also slept some in the evening yesterday.

[returner]

Huh. Oddly enough I agree with returner. Smoke some weed. It's natural. Straight from the ground. That's my logic and you all can't deter me.

Yay we have something in common!!!

Actually I recently quit smoking every day.. about 4 days ago. I feel so good, so clear-minded.. I still get the cravings at 10pm (the time at which I'd go sit in my car and smoke) but I try to do other things during that time..

Perhaps that's why I'm nicer all of a sudden, and perhaps that's why I made my public apology

(which is here, by the way ha http://forum.cantr.org/viewtopic.php?t=18961 )

[Dudel]

Good to hear you slept Seko! Glad I don't needa start reminding you.

Now I should be sleeping, as it is almost 5 AM. Fkn' insomnia, kept me up for 26 or 28 hours, I don't remember, and then I slept through a whole day. That's so annoying! X|

[mojomuppet]

Melatonin works wonders for me when I cant sleep, found in with the vitamins.

[returner]

Actually, you're right, melatonin supplements are great for helping sleep.

Going for a run in the sun (or a walk! or bike ride!) will actually be doubly as good. Not only will you get melatonin growth naturally through your skin, you'll also be healthier and more exhausted when it comes to sleeping. Your body will be exhausted and will just wanna sleep.

Finally, and you probably know this.. lack of sleep is also linked to some kinds of depression.. perhaps look into that?

Hope I'm not being nosy.

[SekoETC]

I guess I might be somewhat depressed. It's hard to find my place but I'm less than a month short of being 25 and you'd think most people had some sort of a degree and a job by this point. While I'm studying with 16-year-olds in a group where some have learning difficulties and I think if I'm supposedly so smart, how come I haven't managed to become something greater than a bus girl? I've been working in an elementary school kitchen for 13 days now and I'm starting to feel like I've learned everything there is to learn. I could handle that job (although probably not alone) but I wouldn't want to get stuck doing something with so little challenge when I think I have potential for more. And oddly enough I miss spending more time with customers.

[Snake_byte]

Seko, you are not alone... I'm also 24 going on 25 and the, only, thing I've accomplished is gaining my highschool from an Adult Education Center...

All people come from different walks of life and it's not from where you study that makes you smart. It comes from your drive to learn.
Whether or not you have a degree or a job, none of that matters unless you're doing something you like anyway...

Do, whatever it is, that makes you happy and you -will- excel without fail.

Besides I think it's around this point when you begin to realize how crappy everything really can be at times... Birthdays seem to lose meaning as days blur together and you begin to accept mortality...

Life is for living and you only get one.

[joo]

I'm less than a month short of being 25 and you'd think most people had some sort of a degree and a job by this point. While I'm studying with 16-year-olds in a group where some have learning difficulties and I think if I'm supposedly so smart, how come I haven't managed to become something greater than a bus girl?

I have to say I empathise with this feeling, if to a somewhat lesser extent... I am in a situation which could be seen as analogous.

[returner]

I guess I might be somewhat depressed. It's hard to find my place but I'm less than a month short of being 25 and you'd think most people had some sort of a degree and a job by this point. While I'm studying with 16-year-olds in a group where some have learning difficulties and I think if I'm supposedly so smart, how come I haven't managed to become something greater than a bus girl? I've been working in an elementary school kitchen for 13 days now and I'm starting to feel like I've learned everything there is to learn. I could handle that job (although probably not alone) but I wouldn't want to get stuck doing something with so little challenge when I think I have potential for more. And oddly enough I miss spending more time with customers.

You'd be surprised how many people didn't have a degree at age 25. Besides, it's never too late to get one. My mother got her degree while us kids were growing up (and still are growing up) and doesn't need the money, but works anyway.

Who cares about the system. Be a little different. Everyone expects the youth to go through school, go to uni, and get into a job and churn out hours upon hours of work for a self-interested company.

Maybe save up some money, go to India or Africa, do volunteer work, live with the locals.. give up Western culture. I've always thought about living in poverty in a developing country (well, a bit above poverty) and just enjoying their culture, away from consumerism and capitalism.

Life is what you do with it, not what you don't.

[Mack]

Sleep is good...but there are lots of reasons for not being able to sleep and sometimes the laws say we can't kill that reason