It happens on a regular basis now and it’s getting old. People love to complain about the results of their stupid choices and decisions while I sit here with a wealth of knowledge on just about any topic anyone could imagine. I offer my help as a 65 year old world hating Solitudist and I envision myself faced with decisions of friends and family and how I would proceed in my pursuit of happiness. What I figure is we are all very much the same by the time we reach this period of elderly denial and how we choose to approach everything should take this into consideration. I learned my limitations many years ago and it is obvious most people around me are still struggling to do the same. I believe I was able to understand it after many failures and suffering with the penalties that quickly follow. Lessons learned. The problem many seem to face is a refusal or inability to connect their many failures and realize the core issue of the paths leading to them. Each failure has a cause and eventually that cause will manifest with one (or two) epiphanies about the potentials of future decisions. My goal is to chip away at the reasons and motivations people have to continuously fail and to keep going anyway as if the next time it’ll work out.
Our entire lives we have choices we must make to move towards a successful existence. It’s all based on our perceptions of our surroundings and our upbringings. If we were raised in an environment of poverty or criminal activity chances are our decisions will keep us in those environments our whole lives and beyond. Having been raised in a middle class environment most of my contacts are middle class raised as well. During the course of my development I have had the opportunity to see first hand the lifestyles of the less fortunate and made decisions that would lead me away from falling into a trap of admiring these people for whatever reasons. That’s a problem I will never understand or accept as an excuse for failure but I digress. I will however note that alcohol and/or drugs usually play a role in that calamity. Upon reaching (virtually overnight) old age and experience, the chances of intersecting with the lower life forms become less and less of an issue. What I have seen to be a problem with others at or near my age is a misconception that we have the same abilities we had thirty years ago. We think we can just go do anything we dream of and be successful even though we’ve never ever in all these years come even close to having tried to do them. For example, a 65 year old deer hunter was probably a 35 year old deer hunter and most likely even a 25 year old deer hunter at one point in their life. Not likely to be many first time 75 year old deer hunters out there in the woods…..at least I would hope not. But some 75 year olds probably would think-” no big deal, just buy a rifle and walk out there”.
I could ramble on and on but I hope I’ve made my point. At this stage of the game we have to be more careful with everything we do. Everything. One tiny little slip up and it could all be over. Just that fast. This is what has led me to develop my lifestyle to support longevity and decent health as I turn more and more pessimistic about the future of mankind. I don’t have a lot of responsibilities anymore, by design. I knew as I got older I would be less and less dependable, so I geared up to lower my needs and desires to the most simplest of things. When I look out the window all I see is everything I have grown to hate, so why go out there? I’ve developed a contented life within the confines of my home and I’ve never been happier. Nobody is waiting for me anywhere to do anything. And that is the advice I give to anyone who might ask. But nobody will ask because they know what my advice is! “He never wants to go out”. It’s not that though. In reality, it’s not that I never want to go out, it’s that I never HAVE TO go out. I have more choices than I ever had before because I’ve relieved myself of the burdens of life that force us out into that deadly world of people. I go when I want to. That’s my advice. Don’t seek out responsibility. Strive to reduce it. Most times it will reduce itself if you let it. Don’t forget you’re OLD and think “Gee I’ think I’d really love to have a boat!” Don’t do it. Don’t fall for the temptation to acquire things you don’t NEED. Those are responsibilities that will destroy your peace and quiet serenity. Please…..reduce and enjoy what you have. Don’t waste your final years hating every single day you have left. If I’m wrong about everything else I’m RIGHT about this!
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