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I would take a different approach than many other problems here. - Healing damaged relationships in your life. - Addressing unresolved internal traumas and fu

by cnity 3y ago

I would take a different approach than many other problems here. - Healing damaged relationships in your life. - Addressing unresolved internal traumas and fully integrating them. - Replacing addictive and avoidant behaviours and taking care of the problems in your life head on. I don't have "the answer" to any of these, obviously, but they are certainly big and important.

tracker1 3y ago
Get yourself and your house in order first. You can't help someone else effectively if you are a total mess. That said, community engagement, volunteering and charity are all things that help you get your priorities straight as well. But you need to get your own shit in order pretty early on.
bombcar 3y ago
This is probably close to the correct answer. The “real big” problems are also things you have little influence on - but your own like you have major influence on. And you can’t easily change others, but you can work on yourself. (It won’t be easy.)
paulcole 3y ago
Yeah this is where my mind went as well, instead of something like "climate change" or "self-driving cars". If you're in the United States, I think the biggest problem you can solve is to make sure that you and your family are as insulated as possible from the US healthcare system. - Get and stay as healthy and fit as possible - Get enough money to where you can afford the majority of the care you and your family need (either through work insurance or straight cash) - Learn how to advocate for yourself and your family - Understand how to minimize your chances of going broke as a result of a health issue
- gnz11 3y ago
  This is one of the saddest comments I’ve read of late.
  - paulcole 3y ago
    Too many powerful people are incentivized to maintain the status quo. As an average individual it's better to understand and deal with the system than pretend it doesn't exist.

by cnity 3y ago

tracker1 3y ago

Get yourself and your house in order first. You can't help someone else effectively if you are a total mess. That said, community engagement, volunteering and charity are all things that help you get your priorities straight as well. But you need to get your own shit in order pretty early on.

bombcar 3y ago

This is probably close to the correct answer. The “real big” problems are also things you have little influence on - but your own like you have major influence on. And you can’t easily change others, but you can work on yourself. (It won’t be easy.)

paulcole 3y ago

Yeah this is where my mind went as well, instead of something like "climate change" or "self-driving cars". If you're in the United States, I think the biggest problem you can solve is to make sure that you and your family are as insulated as possible from the US healthcare system. - Get and stay as healthy and fit as possible - Get enough money to where you can afford the majority of the care you and your family need (either through work insurance or straight cash) - Learn how to advocate for yourself and your family - Understand how to minimize your chances of going broke as a result of a health issue

gnz11 3y ago
This is one of the saddest comments I’ve read of late.
- paulcole 3y ago
  Too many powerful people are incentivized to maintain the status quo. As an average individual it's better to understand and deal with the system than pretend it doesn't exist.