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Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Hi all.

I have made a new thread here. I need to do this to make it feel real and important or else it'll just be another comment I make on an already existing thread. There are many areas in my life where I feel like giving up. I don't really care how irrational it may sound. I don't care if it's silly. It's just how it is for me at the moment.

I've never been as good as what I am now (on paper) and I put that down to the supportive environment here on the forums.


But I am struggling again.

There are many things on my mind and in my life that are causing me to rethink a lot of what I thought I knew about family and friends. I need to review some things again.

I am also getting lazy around my physical health and diet. I eat a lot more rubbish and I've put on some weight (in the bad way). I used to be quite skinny but then I went to the gym and sorted that out. But lately I have had 0 motivation for exercise because I find it so boring. It's just really boring. I have no enjoyment in it anymore. I think I never really did, but I did it just to be healthy. Now I just don't care. I don't see any utility in doing it anymore.

I feel like giving up on dating. There are just too many fake people in the world and I am exhausted by it. I am also thinking that my lack of relationship in early 20s and late teens is a turn off for many girls my age. I'm trying to see the benefits in my situation but I don't believe there are any.

My sister's health is progressively getting worse. So is her social health. She is having fights with her friends. Mum babies her about a lot. It's not helping. Dad has given up I think. And he is also likely doing "things" behind my mum's back and she is turning a blind eye to it. I have no input on any of that so I simply have to sit by and watch it go down.

I hate my job but getting money is important. I had this conversation with my parents the other day. They seem to have the belief that I can get into something I want to do. I don't. I am trying to find the light and the way forward with that but I don't know how they can see it. I have a desire to go into journalism/writing. But that environment is so political and I don't think I'm able to "pick a side". My internship taught me how I can do it. But it's just such an effort. I don't know if I have the stamina to get there.

I think that's all I can think of for now. I am sitting here on my pc playing a videogame and waiting for food to arrive. I am worried I will just get worse if nothing is done. But that urgency seems small compared to anything else I can do.

In a nutshell - I am not well.

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Hi @Ant7 I'm also having a relaxed day thanks. @MDT I like most genres - maybe motivating music to put mountains of washing away now !

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@Sam3 Hope your day is going well.

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@Ant7 Hope you are enjoying a relaxing afternoon and that nice cup of coffee. Perfect for the rainy weather

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@DJMasters I hope you are having a good day too

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Hi @DJMasters Thanks for enquiring - yes my day has been good (ie. didn't do a whole lot but surprisingly I didn't beat myself up about it!). I'm curious about the origin of your name/avatar! Are you an expert DJ or do you have a Masters degree in something else? 😉

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Hey forumites. Happy Saturday. I wanted to make a post to share what's going on in my head. You can support, comment or whatver you want. There are lots of things that are on my mind and in my world so I think I need to share some.

- The first is my Colombian friend who i haven't spoken with since Monday last week. We were planning on here coming down to my area to hang out and i said that it may be better to come a different day. She kicked up a fuss as if it was too hard. I got sick of this and said i need space. She said some things which were unkind and rude after the help i have given. I felt like it was in vain. But i am now just going to leave it. I have made my case - seriously as if I had to? My actions spoke louder. Perhaps she said things like this as a throwaway but whatver. I also believe she was interested in being more than a friend. I wasn't.

- Work goes back for me on Monday 10th. I will be at the place I was at when i started in September 2019. I wasn't trained properly so they will spend a day training me I think. This will be awkward but i guess it will be for the best which means that I will be able to work unassisted after it.

- I realised recently that I was a reliable worker. No one ever complained about me. Some of the "superiors" (technically not what they are but I say that for anonymity) said hello to me a few times as I worked with them on occasions. Even last year I needed to help some tradesmen at the school next door to a site I was working at and they could see I was reliable. I did everything I wasn't trained to do it seemed.

- Even when I was struggling st one site I still managed to build up enough rapport with some coworkers to have an email chain going where we all chatted. It got a bit silly and gossipy so I stopped. I also had enough rapport to get some lifts home from that place as someone there loved near me. This proved to me that I was able to build up rapport in a short space, despite feeling average about the entire place.

- I only miss one workplace because in summer it's really nice being by the beach. The staff too. I even remember getting some haloumi from a coworker for lunch. The coffee there was good too.

- the side project I had fell apart because of some conspiracy theorists so the efforts were wasted. But i am still keen to have a website to publish my work on rather than have colleagues with that. Especially when they are very radical.

- This week my sister and I didn't fight once. We joked last night That we would be fighting about not having fought. Lol. But overall it's been good. Folks have been away and so we had more room.

- I am going to put dating on pause for the next month or so while I settle back into a work routine. I am not in a good headspace o be dating again and I think not having my own place to live is a bit of a turn off for many girls tbh. Some of my other mates are posting photos of girls they match with into a group chat and talking about how ugly they are. I think this is just really childish. I didn't say anything. Maybe by not replying it helps more.

- In life I just want to do what's right and what's good.

- I am looking at volunteering my time with a start up in fitness and mental health. Will see how that goes.

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@MDT Hey Hamza, you are doing great. Take care.

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those 3 paras of self realisation that you are a good worker etc @MDT .. print them out and carry the with you if things get tough start reading them now, over and over, pin it up on the wall ... Seriously ..

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Tattoo it on my forehead haha @TAB
Hey @Meowmy my friend thanks and nice to see you 🙂

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not kidding, it does work re iteration of whatever the proper name for it is .. Affirmation ? @MDT lol

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