Quote: (06-04-2018 11:23 AM)jamaicabound Wrote:
Quote: (06-04-2018 10:52 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:
Unless you're living in a mud hut in Kenya then you are likely in the top 1% highest luxury bracket of all human existence.
Stop obsessing over shit you don't have. We have millionaires on this forum who could potentially obsess about not having access to billionaire lifestyles. It would be ridiculous, as are such complaints from anyone with food on their table, a roof over their head and access to the internet, the most advanced library in the history of mankind.
This guy is onto it. Basically OP you have first world problems. Not saying they aren't real or your not feeling these things but this is where perspective comes in. Right now a guy is picking garbage to try to feed his family who's going to go to sleep hungry tonight. Right now a man or women is being sold into slavery and is going to be beaten and abused. Right now a kid is growing up with drug addict abusive parents and has about a 0.00001% chance of not having a horrible life.
Regardless of your situation your life is so much better than most people. Have some self awareness and perspective and try to be grateful. Every morning when you wake up and before you go to bed think about something your thanksful for or gratefulfor and something your looking forward to the next day. It will change your life.
You're both objectively right, but I see OP's point a bit differently.
Yes, shit could always be worse. Yes, we are all most likely fairly privileged compared to most of the world. But we also started out better than most of the world.
It's hard to believe that you're in the top 10% when you're making $45k/year as a garbageman while your classmate from high school is making $200k as a financial analyst. The older you get the worse this feeling becomes. After all, you had a much better starting point than the 90% of the world that is struggling.
Like others said before on here, fame isn't something to strive towards, it's simply an advertising cost that politicians and entertainers pay in order to sell their product. Better to pay a celebrity to advertise your product than to do it "in-house" by getting famous.
Relevant video:
If you are young, you should aim to make money. If you're really not talented, remember that the world needs carpenters, plumbers, electricians, bus drivers, flight attendants, mechanics, engineers, pilots, train drivers, hair dressers, etc.
Any one of those professions contribute directly to make a someone's life better every single day while they are at work. What pro athlete or celebrity does that?