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What was the biggest pill you've had to swallow about your own self or habits? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by NomenCumLitteris@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'll go first...after 10 years of speculating in the market (read: gambling in high risk assets) I realized I shouldn't ever touch a brokerage account in my lifetime. A monkey would have made better choices than I did. Greed has altered the course of life many times over. I am at an age where I may recover from my actions over the decades, but it has taken its toll. I am frugal and have a good head on me, but having such impulsivity in financial instruments was not how I envisioned my adulthood. Its a bitter pill to swallow, since money is livelihood of my family, but I need to "invest" all I have into relationships, meaningful moments, and fulfilling hobbies.

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[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 21 points 1 day ago

I'm a bitter, angry, mfer and I need to chill out sometimes

[-] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 4 points 15 hours ago

Relatable tbh. I think a good part of it was depression in my younger years, but, I used to be an incredibly angry person.

It took a long time for me to accept that the truth is, you don't get angry about shit you don't care about. Hard to accept that half the things I'd get angry at weren't worth it. The other half anger just wasn't a helpful response. Been a long process of learning to have a better reaction for me.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah I had a lot of issues as a kid too and being angry felt a hell of a lot better than being sad. Eventually it just got exhausting though. I can only imagine how annoying I was for other people to deal with. At least I was never one to lash out at others too much thanks to my mother showing me how it felt to be on the receiving end of that all the time.

Being angry is still basically my default emotional state but it's at least much less intense than it used to be which I think is a decent achievement considering how much there is to be angry about these days

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Same here. I lose my temper too easily then I get back to normal quickly and wonder why I was so upset.

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