A few random thoughts...
Nearly everyone out there is poor in one shade or another. A few people are rich, and spend some of that money trying to make the rest of us think somehow we can be too. Rags to riches is the oldest story going. Occasionally it happens. Most of the time, it's destructive.
The fastest way to being rich is to not spend. And while you may never find yourself with billions, being diligent about where the $ goes is the fastest way from never making ends meet to finding yourself with a little left to tuck away.
That probably means not spending money on alcohol or other drugs... impulse purchases are huge - never go to a store without a list, and don't buy things not on the list. Find alternate ways for that dopamine rush (yes, that influx of replies and quotes and thanks is a dopamine kick...)
Depression is pretty normal. Lots of help out there, and if you're employed full time you should have access to some free counseling. Use it. It's unlikely you'll find yourself depression-free and happy-ever-after, but you'll have some tools for working through it. I have a grounding list I use (always starts with literal grounding - observe and name 3 objects around me. Then the list, 3 things I haven't finished, but are important to me. One of the things on the list is sometimes a depression trigger, yet it's still there and helpful...)
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Originally Posted by soundman98
We're supposed to avoid religious talk as part of the rules, but it's interesting to me how much of the core of what you're saying is in the bible.. while not everyone is going to agree on deities or religious texts, it's curious to me how the longer i live, the more i hear non-religious rules and banners being put into place that reflect religous teachings. As a history book, i find it interesting that even though we've supposedly evolved as a species, we still have many of the same fundamental problems they had way back then...
The more things change, yada yada yada...
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Not really surprising at all. Religious texts were the only consistent way to codify and spread practices that are beneficial to survival. Don't drink dirty water. Don't eat spoiled meat. Don't kill each-other. General education wasn't a thing for most of human history - nor was leisure time. Yet rest is also important to survival, so it often becomes part of the rituals. It was the only opportunity to spread information not specific to whatever role each individual played in the community. I'm over simplifying, of course, because I've probably already offended someone.
