Sounds exactly like me.So... I decide that I want something and when I decide I want something I will get it. It goes for pretty much everything... cars, guns, computers, whatever.
After a month or two or tinkering with it I get bored with it and something else sparks my interest, so I must buy that.
Never being content is kind of annoying.
Anyone else have this issue?
So... I decide that I want something and when I decide I want something I will get it. It goes for pretty much everything... cars, guns, computers, whatever.
After a month or two or tinkering with it I get bored with it and something else sparks my interest, so I must buy that.
Never being content is kind of annoying.
After a month or two or tinkering with it I get bored with it and something else sparks my interest, so I must buy that.
Never being content is kind of annoying.
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Sounds exactly like me.
YOu need to see a therapist NOW! :buttkick:
Maybe we can have a support group lmao. Anything you do help to fix this?Sounds exactly like me.
Haha, then i'd have to go see a different therapist because i'm bored with the one I had.YOu need to see a therapist NOW! :buttkick:
Not knowing you personally OR passing judgment either, but I'd say it lends to your upbringing. Were you showered in toys as a child?
Not knowing you personally OR passing judgment either, but I'd say it lends to your upbringing. Were you showered in toys as a child?
I grew up not having jack shit. Now that I'm all growed up I overcompensate by doing exactly what he describes. Hell, you should see my kids treehouse that I'm building. It would make Robinson Crusoe jealous. Even has a firemans pole and 250' long zipline...
Your thinking is backwards. People who grow up with nothing are more apt to go crazy and buy things when they get money later in life. Just look at most professional football and basketball players. Those mofos are always having money problems.Not knowing you personally OR passing judgment either, but I'd say it lends to your upbringing. Were you showered in toys as a child?
Dayum!I grew up not having jack shit. Now that I'm all growed up I overcompensate by doing exactly what he describes. Hell, you should see my kids treehouse that I'm building. It would make Robinson Crusoe jealous. Even has a firemans pole and 250' long zipline...
Come build one for our boys! Dayum!
Y'all should come out. It's fun as hell to ride the zip line... :439:
I think I've got a similar consumption sickness I've just been able to keep it under control...or I was able to.
When self-employed and working towards a goal I was able to delay that sort of stuff, but in the last two years everything I spent the previous five years working for has gone to shit.
ASAP I'll be working for someone else and at that point I feel like everything after bills and some retirement investments will be going towards all the toys I've wanted as a kid, but couldn't have, and all the toys I've wanted in my 20's that I was able to put off until better times. Well, times aren't going to be "better" like I had imagined, but god damn I want all the shit I've gone without all this time.
When self-employed and working towards a goal I was able to delay that sort of stuff, but in the last two years everything I spent the previous five years working for has gone to shit.
ASAP I'll be working for someone else and at that point I feel like everything after bills and some retirement investments will be going towards all the toys I've wanted as a kid, but couldn't have, and all the toys I've wanted in my 20's that I was able to put off until better times. Well, times aren't going to be "better" like I had imagined, but god damn I want all the shit I've gone without all this time.
Sounds like a short attention span that comes with ADD.
I do the exact same thing. I was seriously deprived as a child and now, "Oooh Shiny."
Happiness comes from inside. Your habits of consumption will keep you from being content until you learn that.
Man I do for sure. Pretty much just cars and guns though.
Like pete said there. I have been getting very bored lately and wanting shit, new computer, new car etc...
But I KNOW it will not bring me happiness and only fuel the fire. So I'm trying to get over it, but it has been really bad lately.
As long as your basic needs are met (water, food, shelter) the happiness is what you make it. We are all in a world full of materials and so easy to buy sitting in front of a computer.
So like threefinger pete says, well it's true..
But I KNOW it will not bring me happiness and only fuel the fire. So I'm trying to get over it, but it has been really bad lately.
As long as your basic needs are met (water, food, shelter) the happiness is what you make it. We are all in a world full of materials and so easy to buy sitting in front of a computer.
So like threefinger pete says, well it's true..
Guilty as charged!Sounds like a short attention span that comes with ADD.
You'd think that one would have it under control at 40 but nooooo!!!!!
I had everything as a child, and then my parents got divorced. It was weird going from money to having none. It was beneficial that i came from a farm family with good work ethic.
When i was in hs i worked 3-4 jobs and eventually was kicked out due to tardiness. I actually just went back last month and finished after 10 years.
I save until i can buy the things i want, but i am bad about jumping from one thing to the next. I go from fishing,rc cars,guns/hunting, saltwater fish tanks and various other small things.
They all are money eaters. It keeps me busy and lets me have fun. The only real constant is the tank since it requires a few minutes a day up keep. Its not bad tho come home make them food for two feedings. Once a week a few hours doing other tank stuff.
I will always get what i want even if it takes me a few years to get it. Its what we work for besides food and shelter.
When i was in hs i worked 3-4 jobs and eventually was kicked out due to tardiness. I actually just went back last month and finished after 10 years.
I save until i can buy the things i want, but i am bad about jumping from one thing to the next. I go from fishing,rc cars,guns/hunting, saltwater fish tanks and various other small things.
They all are money eaters. It keeps me busy and lets me have fun. The only real constant is the tank since it requires a few minutes a day up keep. Its not bad tho come home make them food for two feedings. Once a week a few hours doing other tank stuff.
I will always get what i want even if it takes me a few years to get it. Its what we work for besides food and shelter.
I finished high school exactly ten years after not being able to attend any longer as well.
Good job brother and well done! We all are not afforded the same chances in life. It is making the most of what we are afforded that matters!
Good job brother and well done! We all are not afforded the same chances in life. It is making the most of what we are afforded that matters!
No, I wasn't showered, I got stuff here and there when I earned it.Not knowing you personally OR passing judgment either, but I'd say it lends to your upbringing. Were you showered in toys as a child?
Maybe if instead of deciding I want something then buy it the same day, I should think about it for a couple days to see if I really need it. Maybe the "I need this right now" will fade off.I think I've got a similar consumption sickness I've just been able to keep it under control...or I was able to.
When self-employed and working towards a goal I was able to delay that sort of stuff, but in the last two years everything I spent the previous five years working for has gone to shit.
ASAP I'll be working for someone else and at that point I feel like everything after bills and some retirement investments will be going towards all the toys I've wanted as a kid, but couldn't have, and all the toys I've wanted in my 20's that I was able to put off until better times. Well, times aren't going to be "better" like I had imagined, but god damn I want all the shit I've gone without all this time.
Possibly, never have went to a doctor, so not sure I have that. When I look at the symptoms though I have a lot of them, but who doesn't? When I take adderall I have the opposite of a calming affect, I get more talkative, almost like a serotonin release similar to X.Sounds like a short attention span that comes with ADD.
If you want something bad enough it doesnt go away, least for me, sure there will be days when you are content and dont think about it, then bam it comes back. But you do work to make money to buy shit, as long as basics are met who cares I guess, but dunno.
Maybe if instead of deciding I want something then buy it the same day, I should think about it for a couple days to see if I really need it. Maybe the "I need this right now" will fade off.
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