When did the idea of wanting to live a less complicated life hit you? What built up to it?

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[–]forgottenpasswordguy[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Heck yeah, welcome! I'm in my mid 20s and while it wasn't such a huge transformation and breaking point like yours, I simply started to realize that I am always trying to bite off more than I can chew. I wanted to dive into so many different hobbies, watch or read every single interesting thing that I came across, take on every project that I could, work out, be a student, work many hours, etc. I was half-assing every category in life and wasting time burnt out, all because I wanted to take on so many different things.

Half of those videos in my watch later playlist weren't that interesting, I don't need to tinker with my daily driver and my project car, I need to stop telling my friends that it has been a busy year, etc. I don't have it figured out yet, but I do think I'm heading in a better direction!

The gardening sounds great, I'd love to get into that when I have a place of my own. I've finally started getting consistent with the gym too, it has always been a phase that came and went every 3 or 4 months, I hope to keep nailing it and become my ideal self.

[–]runtis 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I just garden in pots and containers mostly. The oitrus trees were already here. You can start a garden!

I am the same, i start books that I never finish because I want to read something else. I have trouble watching movies because I want to go do something else. There's so much to see and do, it can be overwhelming.

I'm older than you and I'm still working on my ideal self. I'm glad you made this sub.

[–]forgottenpasswordguy[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'll get to the gardening thing for sure one day! And yep, there is too much to do. Anyways I'm glad you like the sub and hope you stick around. It was one of my favorites from the other site, so one of the first ones for me to copy as time permits.