Exercise.

If you are literally only able to focus on inhaling and exhaling, the ruminative thoughts will not stand a chance.

China:

Haha! We’re gonna publish this miniscule finding first! Suckers!

Not everyone has stable income. And for them, attacking debt isn’t always possible, especially after they go to get their car inspected and have a $1000 bill to settle in order to get to work for their unstable income. That’s starting your emergency fund goes first.

You need your initial emergency fund to reasonably cover “a bump in the road”. You then get stable, attack debt, and build emergency fund to be 3-6months expenditures, in case of a serious emergency.

Only then do we begin gambling in the investment markets.

Terrible advice.

Emergency money literally must be liquid or it is not, by definition, emergency money.

Do you have emergency money?

First start emergency fund, then take care of debt. Then build a savings for emergency fund, then invest.

100%

Anyone who doesn’t understand this has no family that’s dealt with family breaking over money.

If you’re cool with that kid killing themselves in your name then yeah.

Otherwise what the absolute fuck is wrong with you (not you, OP)? No. This 100% makes you a horrible human being who should have never procreated to begin with and you’re a failure as a parent.

Not exactly but some people have weaker hearts/poor circulation/etc.

I’ll repeat what I’ve been repeating.

There are no more easy problems left. Government is a hard problem.

Hard problems do not have easy solutions.

Government is a lumbering giant. No single president has been able to meaningfully change the course of American history in their own tenure.

Is the situation dire? Yes. Is it scary? Also yes.

But government doesn’t just clear road blocks. Not even for a dictator. So keep it in mind, and fight like hell to keep your liberties.

Is this a joke?

Anybody who does not have to work is not working class. That’s how it works.

Chris Pratt wouldn’t suddenly be “working class” if he quit acting and became a plumber.

He’d be a hobbyist plumber. Perhaps a professional plumber. But he iwoukd not suddenly become working class.

Guy in my city got bonkers rich off of software in his 20s, fucked off to Thailand to idk appease his cultural fetishes, came home with a wife, and now they run a restaurant. He’s in his 50s.

They do not need that restaurant. They never did.

Dude works hard. And if I were to ask him if he were working class, he’d laugh, say absolutely not, and buy me a beer.

Is he a restaurant owner? yes. Businessman? Yes. Entrepreneur? Yes. Chef? No, but his wife, yes. Restaurant manager? Yes. Otherwise retired? Yes.

Working class??? No.

If Christian Bale donated all of his assets and money, got arrested and out in jail, and then slummed around auto body shops to legitimately get by, would he be working class? Yes.

If it was all for a role, and he secretly had $3m tucked away in case it didn’t pan out, is he still working class? NO.

Depends on how much you’re investing. Is it an amount that is not a drop in their bucket? Congrats, you’re evil.

Is it chump change to any millionaire? Don’t sweat it. You’re literally incapable of changing the course with your buy in.

Lots of people saying it’s bad to do as a blanket statement might be in horror if they find out the labor practices that go into any of the goods they purchase. There’s no ethical consumption in capitalism. Doesn’t matter if you’re investing shares or buying a cheeseburger.

Because they’ve learned to write responses in ways that get them lots of ego rubs

The medium is the message.

Someone who is good at social media is good at what social media rewards.

Ego. A narcissist.

Can you walk to a place instead of drive daily?

I replaced a 10 minute commute with a 45 minute walk. Got me walking nearly 8 hours a week. ~20 miles.

I think building it into your routine rather than making it an event is key.

No, you locate water, filter it, boil it, etc.

Yeah if you backpack you can make use of it.

Otherwise: no.

Fart loudly? Idk.

So this answer might come off the wrong way. I wanna start by saying that the reality sucks, and I’m sorry it’s that way and we should all work to better it. That having been said…

A conventionally attractive woman in yoga pants doing yoga in public will catch eyes like a man wearing a speedo at a water park. It’s stupid, it sucks, but it is what it is. The best way to avoid it is unfortunately to not do it. Especially if that gawking is feeling like more than gawking, and you’re concerned for your safety.

Sorry about what you’re going through.

You miss your parents because they gave you love of some kind, whether or not it was the right kind, all your life. The same reason people don’t leave their abusive partners.

As for school, if you’re in the US just take your GED, if you feel up for it. You may be done with high school earlier than you would’ve otherwise! It will save you a year of social obnoxiousness while you’re going through something difficult. And if your goal is college, just be sure to weave in your story in your application essays and you’re a shoe-in. Idk, college boards eat stories like this up, so hey, silver lining!

What your parents did, as per your description, is wrong. I think most people can agree with this. You’re right to be confused. Sorry youre going through this. Just know your confusion is valid, your pain is valid. You’re right to be upset with the way they treated you and you’re right to stand your ground on being with the people who you love.

Kiuas

Angra

Haken

The Ocean

Yes. Absolutely. There’s a fuck ton of things you shouldn’t tip for. This is not one of them.

The end of daylight savings.

Fuckhead almost did it.