Reply to: NO motivation or interest

[ClothCap]

I know exactly what the OP is on about. I am also in the mid-life crisis club with zero motivation. I just want to retire and do nothing other than what I feel like on that particular day! I have loads of interests and postponed hobbies that I aim to revive, along with self-study in areas that genuinely interest me.

But then, I was always like this even at school so perhaps it is a personality (or lack thereof) thing.

I have a good life, family and friends but just can't be arsed with work other than to line the coffers - sound familiar? I guess we are similar in that respect. I also suspect that we are very spoilt due to contracting. Imagine having to work like a bastard for £18k a year and having a tulip load of debt?

[AtW]

Ok, let's kill this thread off with this image -

[minestrone]

[SueEllen]

Nice to see that you have my pictures before and after joining this forum.

I'm getting paranoid...

[greenlake]

Could have been worse...

[AtW]

Looks like the perfect woman. Where can I meet her?

Her name is Sue and she likes to sew...

[DimPrawn]

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Looks like the perfect woman. Where can I meet her?

[AtW]

The best bit was being told at 6am by a kind middle aged woman on the platform my skirt was inside out....

Could have been worse...

[SueEllen]

You do get a sense of achievement when you make it through the day though.

I use to do that when I was a permie.

I also made sure I took the train to work.

The best bit was being told at 6am by a kind middle aged woman on the platform my skirt was inside out....

Oddly as a contractor I haven't felt the need to drink so much.

[mudskipper]

If you hate work, then working with a hangover sounds terrible!

You do get a sense of achievement when you make it through the day though.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Alternatively, you could just get drunk!

If you hate work, then working with a hangover sounds terrible!

[mudskipper]

You need some philosophy in your life!

Read Atlas Shrugged. It's big but it's good - when you get to the end you'll realise that all of those pages of detail were actually there for a good reason.

You need to understand that the point of life is to enjoy it - and the root of all meaningful human happiness is pride - and the primary root of self-pride is productive labour.

Productivity, as a man, is what makes human beings tick. And the extent to which you are productive, according to your potential, is the extent to which you will experience pride & therefore deep & meaningful happiness. I.e. the more you distinguish yourself from a mindless animal the more you will naturally feel happiness.


You just need a change of perspective, and for that I recommend reading Ayn Rand, and for easier to swallow goodness I recommend the 'fountainhead' and 'atlas shrugged' as they are fiction (and 'anthem' is a nice 2 hour long novella I recommend too). There is ALOT more to atlas shrugged, regarding life in general, than opposing collectivism & socialist ideas.

Alternatively, you could just get drunk!

[minestrone]

You need some philosophy in your life!

Read Atlas Shrugged. It's big but it's good - when you get to the end you'll realise that all of those pages of detail were actually there for a good reason.

You need to understand that the point of life is to enjoy it - and the root of all meaningful human happiness is pride - and the primary root of self-pride is productive labour.

Productivity, as a man, is what makes human beings tick. And the extent to which you are productive, according to your potential, is the extent to which you will experience pride & therefore deep & meaningful happiness. I.e. the more you distinguish yourself from a mindless animal the more you will naturally feel happiness.


You just need a change of perspective, and for that I recommend reading Ayn Rand, and for easier to swallow goodness I recommend the 'fountainhead' and 'atlas shrugged' as they are fiction (and 'anthem' is a nice 2 hour long novella I recommend too). There is ALOT more to atlas shrugged, regarding life in general, than opposing collectivism & socialist ideas.

You are David Koresh and I am calling the ATF

[FatLazyContractor]

Difficult to play sugar daddy when am a woman ..

You aren't exempt from the swingers club though.

[MarillionFan]

Difficult to play sugar daddy when am a woman ..

MF.. so hurt you forgot me, just because I haven't logged in the last few years !!!

Wasn't sure if SandyD was SandyDown so went with the majority. How could I forget the summer of 2002