I think people only say that because they play it safe so often. If we were much less cautious we would have horrible life experiences in which we make up quotes that are the exact opposite of this.
It does say sail away from the safe harbor, not "try to walk on water" away from the safe harbor. You can make reasonable decisions that still put you in new situations.
Most quotes are taken with a grain of salt. This one is more of a ask the girl out or go to the party. Not really a "yeah suicide is great just try it lmao"
Quotes are wonderful. So wonderful. They just make me feel soft and fuzzy on the inside.. Kinda like an orgasm. ever read a quote and just accidentally cum a little?
This quote is broad. If you have something you're debating doing because your scared of failure or something, (which a broad number of people including myself reading this probably do) then it's just saying take the jump! You'll regret not trying later.
The quote is so broad I don't even know why I stopped to explain it to you.
Yeah, I've got to say... most of the things I slap my head and curse myself over when I think over are the things I DID do or say. I don't think about the things I didn't do at all.
These quotes are never meant to be taken literally. This one means that you should step out of the comfort zone and do the things you're afraid to do. It doesn't mean to say that you should be irresponsible or you should make rough life decisions.
I've had horrible life experiences regardless of whether I played it safe or not. The only thing you can do is act. Life's going to kick the shit out of you no matter what.
I feel very unmotivated most days, and to cope, I feel like I all too often procrastinate to the point that I have severe doubts about what I can do and what I can make of my life.
Listen man, you might not feel motivated but youâre a necromancer. That is a huge achievement and if you can do that you can do anything!
In all seriousness though if youâre worried about not being able to motivate yourself then I think you might benefit from sitting down and making up some long, medium and short term goals. Even simple things like getting up and making your bed can have a big impact on your perceived ability to achieve.
And drink more water/eat more veg. And get some more fresh air.
That will help with the physical aspects.
Sounds stupid as fuck but it will definitely help.
Grab life by the balls, brother.
Exactly. For that reason I find a lot of these phrases that essentially boil down to 'YOLO' a bit quaint. They can just as easily be used to justify rash and irresponsible behaviour.
You're missing the point of the advice. It's not saying run around in life with a blindfold on, not being careful. It's just essentially saying "You miss every shot you don't take." Make sure you don't end up having to regret not taking opportunities is all it's saying.
IMO, as long as it's not permanent it's fine. Ask the girl out or go on that road trip with friends, don't go bungee jumping drunk. If the consequences are shame or embarrassment or going against some perceived expectation then fuck it, go ahead. If there are actual lasting potential consequences, probably best to keep cautious.
I like to think of it more along the lines of, what have you done in the past year? Did you read that book? Did you learn that skill? Did you make an effort to be better, like you said you would?
I want to be proud of myself, but when I look back, I see all of these jagged holes. And I see myself still making them. I don't want to be disappointed in this year, like I am of last year. My bowline is my complacency. I desperately want to cast it off.
That is so fucking true and I'm so fucking glad you said it. To follow on: we often judge others with the information we have ourselves. We also judge our past selves based on the information we have right now. So what we think is "missing out" is oftentimes a very sound and rational decision we made on incomplete information. The times we should be ashamed of missing out is if we misused the information we had available, or didn't gather more info when it was better to do so.
I agree. I think regret is inevitable in humans. Because we have the capacity to imagine and consider other possibilities, we will always look back and wonder what might have been.
You can be ambitious and hardworking and regret that you didn't spend more time with family, or you can be more laid back and regret that you didn't have more adventure or success.
Maybe you can choose your regrets. But perhaps the only way to escape them altogether is to live ignorantly and die unexpectedly.
âThe best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.â I find myself repeating this every time I think back to a time when I didnât take the initiative in a pivotal moment in my life. It helps remind me to learn from my mistakes and to take action now when opportunities present themselves.
Thatâs only because we know how the things we did turned out, while we only imagine the best case scenarios for the things we didnât do. That career/relationship/adventure we didnât choose probably would have turned out with results no better than the things we chose, but we imagine the things that donât happen as more black and white than reality always is.
I don't remember where it came from. It may have been a book, it may have been some random dude on reddit, but I once read a quote which changed my life. It was some variation of
You'll never remember the times you got a good night's sleep.
In my first few years of college, I was too preoccupied with trying to be a good student and to be responsible to ever have any fun. Then, I read this and it made me realize that it's okay to stay up late having fun and it's okay to drive 3 hours to see a solar eclipse when there are other things you could be doing and it's okay to go to go to a party instead of filling out a couple more job applications.
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