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Do you enjoy having responsibilities?
    #14129105 - 03/16/11 04:14 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Would you prefer not to? Why or why not?


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It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid] * 1
    #14129173 - 03/16/11 04:57 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I prefer having no responsibilities.


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: jivJaN]
    #14129176 - 03/16/11 04:58 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Why or why not?




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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129185 - 03/16/11 05:05 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I prefer having some, but not too many. Having some gives me a sense of usefulness and achievement. Yeah chilling out and not doin' shit is cool sometimes, but if I'm inactive for too long I just feel like I'm existing, nothing more.

I was laid off not long ago and I can't wait to work again, not just for the money, but idk, I just like to do shit.

And I remember in high school I was expelled in 9th grade for the 2nd half of the year, I couldn't do anything but sit at home. I even found myself wanting to school work every once in a while lol.


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Eminence]
    #14129189 - 03/16/11 05:12 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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I prefer having some, but not too many. Having some gives me a sense of usefulness and achievement. Yeah chilling out and not doin' shit is cool sometimes, but if I'm inactive for too long I just feel like I'm existing, nothing more.


Can't a person be active without having responsibilities?

Why do you desire a sense of usefulness/achievement?


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I was laid off not long ago and I can't wait to work again, not just for the money, but idk, I just like to do shit.


You can still do shit if you have no responsibilities.


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And I remember in high school I was expelled in 9th grade for the 2nd half of the year, I couldn't do anything but sit at home.


Things are different at that age--you live with your parents, don't make too much (if any) money, and can't drive.

There are plenty of things you could've done, though, even at that age.


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I even found myself wanting to school work every once in a while lol.


If that's what you liked then you could have just researched stuff online instead of doing nothing; maybe you just get off on being told what to do...:naughty:

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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129241 - 03/16/11 06:04 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Yeah I know you can still do things without having responsibilities. I meant as in being productive though. I do a lot of stuff most of the time. But I don't count fun as necessarily being productive.

And Idk why I desire a sense of achievement for sure, I just like to have things to do and to finish, being responsible just gives me a good feeling when I've finished I guess, I do a lot of shit for fun but I just like to throw in some responsibilities too, I simply like being responsible. Having fun is more desired for me though.

When I stayed home from getting expelled I just did chores as a responsibility, but I mainly spent my time getting stoned and playing video games, and sometimes having people over who were playin hooky.

And no dominatrix fetish lol. In high school I was a horrible student, I made good grades but I never got along with the teachers. I did my work at my own pace, I should've listened better then. I just liked doing work really, I used to always get awards for honor roll and math awards and all that shit.


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129256 - 03/16/11 06:16 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Would you prefer not to? Why or why not?




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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Eminence]
    #14129258 - 03/16/11 06:16 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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And Idk why I desire a sense of achievement for sure, I just like to have things to do and to finish, being responsible just gives me a good feeling when I've finished I guess, I do a lot of shit for fun but I just like to throw in some responsibilities too, I simply like being responsible.


So you have no idea why being responsible feels good for you?


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Having fun is more desired for me though.


So you would be happier with some responsibilities than with none at all?


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When I stayed home from getting expelled I just did chores as a responsibility, but I mainly spent my time getting stoned and playing video games, and sometimes having people over who were playin hooky.


Sounds like a blast IMO, except for the chores part. :thumbup:


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And no dominatrix fetish lol. In high school I was a horrible student, I made good grades but I never got along with the teachers. I did my work at my own pace, I should've listened better then. I just liked doing work really, I used to always get awards for honor roll and math awards and all that shit.


I got an honor roll award once in 7th grade for straight-A's. :nerd:


People measure their own worth based on how well they live up to their culture's expectations (that's what self-esteem is), so IMO, people generally strive to achieve things in order to gain or contribute to a sense of self-worth; also, IMO, basing your own self-worth on others is pathetic.

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It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129282 - 03/16/11 06:30 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Would you prefer not to? Why or why not?




I prefer not as i don't enjoy the heavy feeling of believing i am responsible for my life, whenever i was taught to be responsible i always shrugged it off as just adults being silly, i never believed it for a second, the mere thought of it was so icky & uncomfortable that i couldn't possibly consider it to be true, what brought me here can take care of me, and it's done perfectly so far.

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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129286 - 03/16/11 06:34 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Ha yeah it was pretty fun. But yeah I prefer some, I don't wanna have them all day every day or something, but some isn't a bad thing for me. It might also be a way for me to cope with boredom or something too sometimes, since it's not like I can be doing something for fun every minute of the day.

But that link doesn't describe me. I don't look up to many things in the culture here, I disagree with a lot of stuff so I don't base my self worth on some system's expectations. I just simply like having some responsibilities sometimes, there's nothing unusual about wanting to be productive without kissing some culture's ass I don't think. That link surely can't be describing everyone. :shrug:


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Chronic7]
    #14129290 - 03/16/11 06:35 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Would you prefer not to? Why or why not?




I prefer not as i don't enjoy the heavy feeling of believing i am responsible for my life...


Me neither; that kinda ties into my "It's not your fault!" thread. :thumbup:


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...whenever i was taught to be responsible i always shrugged it off as just adults being silly...


Same here, sorta. :smirk:


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...what brought me here can take care of me, and it's done perfectly so far.

:peace:


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Eminence]
    #14129313 - 03/16/11 06:49 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Ha yeah it was pretty fun. But yeah I prefer some, I don't wanna have them all day every day or something, but some isn't a bad thing for me. It might also be a way for me to cope with boredom or something too sometimes, since it's not like I can be doing something for fun every minute of the day.


True, you could be relaxing during the interval. :cool:




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I just simply like having some responsibilities sometimes, there's nothing unusual about wanting to be productive without kissing some culture's ass I don't think.


It's not about "kissing some culture's ass", and culture in this sense doesn't necessarily only mean Western culture, or even American culture, it also refers to local cultures/subcultures. As far as I know, people generally accomplish things in order to gain a sense of self-worth which is defined in relation to the accomplishments of others.


There has to be a reason why you enjoy accomplishing things; if it's not related to self-worth then I'd like to know what it is related to...:strokebeard:


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129346 - 03/16/11 07:12 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Ok nevermind, I'm pretty exhausted right now, I kind of misunderstood what you were saying about the cultures. But I also meant to edit my post and add that yes some of it is a self worth thing, but it's not like I feel worthless without them, it just gives kind of a boost I suppose.


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129366 - 03/16/11 07:20 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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...it's not like I feel worthless without them, it just gives kind of a boost I suppose.


Yeah I know, that's why I said:

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...people generally strive to achieve things in order to gain or contribute to a sense of self-worth...




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It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129375 - 03/16/11 07:24 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Hm. Responding to gain, forgot about contribute. Oops.


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Eminence] * 2
    #14129376 - 03/16/11 07:25 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

i like WINNING


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Eminence]
    #14129391 - 03/16/11 07:33 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

IMO, people would live much happier lives if their self-worth wasn't defined in relation to the accomplishments of others, and instead concentrated on what truly makes them happy/personally fulfilled; spending your life trying like hell to keep up with the Joneses will only lead to stress. :bored:


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It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid] * 1
    #14129470 - 03/16/11 08:07 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Definitely, I don't have much to add to that. I agree 100%. :thumbup:


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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Eminence]
    #14129489 - 03/16/11 08:15 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

That's basically the point of this thread: I find it pathetic that most people feel like they need to "do something" with their life/"be someone", and chase difficult and/or time-consuming goals in order to accomplish this end, just so they can feel justified in feeling like they are superior, or at least equal to others. Ultimately, IME (meaning personal experience and my observations of others), this leads to unnecessary suffering.


This is all rooted in deep-seated, fear-based insecurities. Or, in other words, death anxiety. :satansmoking:


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fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Do you enjoy having responsibilities? [Re: Poid]
    #14129504 - 03/16/11 08:20 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Yeah, my mum would regularly tell me when i was younger 'you have to think about what you want to become when your older' which if believed in could cause a huge anxiety in such a young person, fortunately i didn't believe her & went back outside to play, phew!


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