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I know you’re being smart but these things are all possible if you want to make them happen
by roguechimpanzee 9mo ago
I know you’re being smart but these things are all possible if you want to make them happen
- andy99 9mo agoPeople would rather blame external factors and not take responsibility. It’s actually insulting to people who work hard that some people assume they have it easy somehow, like the “must be nice” comment upstream. Not everyone takes the view that you can’t control what happens to you, it’s pretty easy to see who does.
- davorak 9mo ago> People would rather blame external factors and not take responsibility. In my opinion the first step to taking responsibility is acknowledging reality. That reality can includes brains and bodies being different, sometimes extremely so. If someones brain or body is different but they deny it, stick their head in the sand, ignore it, then they are at a disadvantage when they try to take responsibility for something and may fail due to failing to acknowledging reality.
- roguechimpanzee 9mo agoYou can actually just choose to lock in. And you don't need a perfect streak. Waking up early, working out and eating a nutritious breakfast is a perfect morning for probably 90% of people but our society is so broken that being healthy is associated with being either a grifter or a fascist.
- shibapuppie 9mo agoYou can actually just choose to not be depressed too. Just skip the therapy and exercise altogether.
- doctaj 9mo agoPeople just don’t get the context >.>
- shibapuppie 9mo agoThey get the context plenty fine. You're just wrong.
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- Forgeties79 9mo agoGod I wish one could actually just choose to lock in.
- roguechimpanzee 9mo agoskill issue
- synecdoche 9mo agoNot everyone needs breakfast and still eat healthily. A longer fasting period is even an argument against it. But to each their own.
- blandflakes 9mo agoIt's also pretty insulting to assume that everything is equally easy for all people.
- nradov 9mo agoNo one is assuming that. Everyone has their burdens. But gradual improvement is always possible.
- Forgeties79 9mo agoYour prior comment makes it sound like you assume it’s generally just about willpower and that external factors aren’t generally an issue. Is that accurate?
- nradov 9mo agoNo, is generally about discipline and building good habits. Willpower or lack thereof is largely irrelevant. I'm not convinced that willpower is even a real thing.
- Forgeties79 9mo agoThis all just sounds like bootstraps by another name
- fastasucan 9mo agoDicipline and the ability to build good habits is out of the window for a lot of people due to different illnesses. You come across as trying to sell snake oil to people with a heart attack.
- nradov 9mo agoIf you try hard enough you can always find a plausible sounding excuse for failure. Discipline and good habits are the most effective way to prevent heart attacks in the first place. While there are a tiny fraction of people with serious mental health conditions or developmental disabilities which prevent them from making progress, that hardly applies to anyone on HN.
- jimnotgym 9mo agoI have to leave the house for work at 7am. I get back sometime between 6 and 8pm. When I get back I'm mentally and physically shot. I mean, yes I could get an easier job that pays less I suppose, lose the house etc.
- andy99 9mo agoYou should try doing 1/2 hour of exercise after you get back. It will make you feel way better, especially mentally.
- jimnotgym 9mo agoThat sounds like a good plan, thanks. It made me think an exercise bike right where I change from work, would make me remember to actually do it! Thanks again
- master-12 9mo agoI hope this will work for you. I wish you good luck.
- synecdoche 9mo agoEven better in my opinion and experience, exercise during lunch break, if possible. Being drained after work can feel like too high barrier to get started exercising.
- seec 9mo agoYour parents determine a lot of your trajectory. If they don't make the same investement in their kids as the average for the socioeconomic, you start with a heavy penalty. You can work hard, but you'll have to work twice as hard as everyone else. If you friends gets permit, cars, fully financed studies but you get thrown out to work straight out of high school what is the probability you would give to be able to accomplish the same things as your friends in a similar timeline. Sure you can work hard and you will get somewhere, but is that somewhere anywhere near what could be possible ? I would argue not. The left often argues about unfair advantage from famillies having money. In my experience it's not the having money part that is important, its the parent willing to invest it in their children. I know some people who accomplished a lot with poor parents, but they got full support from both gov aids and parents, it generally explains a lot. Without talking about the genetic lottery, life is unfair and hard work isn't really all that's needed. It can never hurt but at the same time you can work much harder than most and never get as much. Add politics in the mix and anything goes.
- chrisweekly 9mo ago"smart"? I'd say "sarcastic"
- davorak 9mo ago"smart" is sometimes short for "smart aleck"
- fastasucan 9mo agoNo its not.