Things you wish you could say

[BDutch]

almost be 22

This is the perfect age to start doing what you like to do most. Don’t let your chickens or family holding you back.
Go into the world for experiences, accomplishments, and general growth/progress. Make a personal top 3 , choose the best or what is easiest to realise and go for it. If the chickens don’t fit in the plan and you don’t have relatives who can care for your chickens, sell them.

 

[Nabiki]

I feel pretty bad about getting older while feeling like I've missed out on life while young (like experiences, accomplishments, and general growth/progress), and I wish I didn't feel this way. It's depressing as hell to almost be 22 with how the past several (or even the last 10ish) years have gone, and I've felt like it may be too late for things to seriously turn around.

My godson is older than you, and you have achieved more than he has. I'm working hard with him to teach him basic life skills like feeding himself, understanding money, etc. It's never too late for things to turn around.

I'm proof that it's never too late to learn new skills too. I slaughtered my first quail in my 50s. I'm learning to shoot and I'm very close to 60. Sure, I've had other accomplishments, but again, it's NEVER too late to work on yourself and you'll never be done working on yourself.

 

[Kiki]

I feel pretty bad about getting older while feeling like I've missed out on life while young (like experiences, accomplishments, and general growth/progress), and I wish I didn't feel this way. It's depressing as hell to almost be 22 with how the past several (or even the last 10ish) years have gone, and I've felt like it may be too late for things to seriously turn around.

You are that old now!!!?? Are you taking classes still?

 

[Kiki]

<whine>Can I go to bed now? I didn't get to sleep until after midnight due to barking dogs, then was woken up at 2:30 by the neighbour's chickens screaming. I finally fell asleep around 4, only to be up by 5:30.</whine>

Shoot them!

 

[Kiki]

One of my phones had its battery puff up. S7 edge.

Shoot it.

 

[CarpCharacin]

You are that old now!!!?? Are you taking classes still?

Yes, and I'm not close at all to graduating and have trouble handling obligations, and it's been discouraging to say the least. I didn't take any classes last year and felt pretty terrible both last year and this year. I did one class + lab this spring, and tried to learn math online for a while so I could take general chemistry 1, which I definitely didn't have enough prerequisite knowledge for (and which others probably take a lot earlier than me). I was able to register for it after doing the math placement thing again in July, and I feel behind and bad even though I don't have full-time classes (and I also feel like I forgot or otherwise failed to master the math I worked on). I guess I've simply felt significantly more doomed recently than I did in the past. I feel far behind others in terms of basic functioning, and have recently felt a lot worse about my physical health too (especially with some problems I feel like I caused, or at least worsened). I actually have a chemistry test today and I need to sleep and then take it.

 

[Nabiki]

Shoot them!

I'm getting close to letting the raccoons have the neighbour's little silkie. It took me over an hour of chasing her around my chicken yard to catch her so I could put her in the coop. It only took my about 40 minutes last night, but I don't want to do this every night. She went right through the butterfly net I used for my quail.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I don't want to go outside. I don't want to go outside. I don't want to go outside. I don't want to go outside.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yes, and I'm not close at all to graduating and have trouble handling obligations, and it's been discouraging to say the least. I didn't take any classes last year and felt pretty terrible both last year and this year. I did one class + lab this spring, and tried to learn math online for a while so I could take general chemistry 1, which I definitely didn't have enough prerequisite knowledge for (and which others probably take a lot earlier than me). I was able to register for it after doing the math placement thing again in July, and I feel behind and bad even though I don't have full-time classes (and I also feel like I forgot or otherwise failed to master the math I worked on). I guess I've simply felt significantly more doomed recently than I did in the past. I feel far behind others in terms of basic functioning, and have recently felt a lot worse about my physical health too (especially with some problems I feel like I caused, or at least worsened). I actually have a chemistry test today and I need to sleep and then take it.

Carp, everyone learns at their own pace. Don't compare yourself to others. Set your goals and work toward them a step at a time. My grand-daughter got caught in the Covid mess and didn't graduate in 2020. She decided to wait till she turned 21 and attend adult ed classes. She had some issues that kept her from finishing in a single year as planned, but finish she did and I am proud of her. Don't let self-blame and guilt and regret paralyze you. Just do your best every day and find joy in that.

 

[FrostRanger]

Yes, and I'm not close at all to graduating and have trouble handling obligations, and it's been discouraging to say the least. I didn't take any classes last year and felt pretty terrible both last year and this year. I did one class + lab this spring, and tried to learn math online for a while so I could take general chemistry 1, which I definitely didn't have enough prerequisite knowledge for (and which others probably take a lot earlier than me). I was able to register for it after doing the math placement thing again in July, and I feel behind and bad even though I don't have full-time classes (and I also feel like I forgot or otherwise failed to master the math I worked on). I guess I've simply felt significantly more doomed recently than I did in the past. I feel far behind others in terms of basic functioning, and have recently felt a lot worse about my physical health too (especially with some problems I feel like I caused, or at least worsened). I actually have a chemistry test today and I need to sleep and then take it.

Comparison is the thief of joy. Just keep going at your own pace and find joy in every day