>I've been on the self improvement journey for over 2 years now

My guy, self improvement is not a short exploratory venture. It's a lifelong struggle against the vices that rage against our human nature as people.

If you think 2 years could ever be enough to guarantee that you won't ever experience a momentary relapse into the life you knew before, you've been sold a lie.

What you're describing is a burst of motivation based on novelty. Now that it's gone, you aren't willing to put any effort in because you simply don't want it enough. The benefits don't seem worth the cost. When our mind sees a job that's harder than the reward appears to be worth, we feel tired. It's a physiological mechanism for saving energy. If that's what you're feeling - you need to evaluate why you want to improve in the first place. If you don't have a good reason and you don't care for it, it won't happen.

Lasting self-improvement does not come from frivolous feelings - but a foundational change in your beliefs about yourself, about life, and about what matters.

I think you're misunderstanding my point - I don't have any issue with giving things away for free to someone who'll make good use of them. And I especially don't mind giving someone a good deal on something.

What I mind is going to a for-profit thrift store that will give me a dollar for a $40 appliance. If I'm going to sell something to a store, I'd like a half-decent price.

But to quote your own logic - "try thinking about your own post." What's wrong with wanting to sell something for a "Half-decent" price? For all you know, I'm barely making ends meet. Instead of presuming to think that the buyer is entitled to a great deal, try considering the seller's situation and whether they might deserve more than 1/5 what they paid for something. You can "look out for folks that you see" too - by paying them appropriately.

Admittedly I was a tad upset when I typed that- but I feel like that's understandable given the context

You're 100% right about the fact that we shouldn't act like our wages are private in the same way that our underwear size is. And culture does indeed empower corporations in that way. No disagreement there

Let's just not pretend like that makes it OUR business to know what OTHER people make. It's better to empower people to share that info themselves than to try and make that choice for them.

Stop abusing the injustice of underpaid workers to justify your own grubby need to know everyone's personal info. Maybe you don't care about privacy but some of us still do.

I'll happily tell anyone what I make and there's no shame in that - but NO ONE has the right to know that information without my consent.

Knowledge IS power. And that's exactly why corporations are trading and selling personal data more than any other commodity. Maybe don't enable them

In what world is SDC's food mediocre though

It's GOURMET compared to other amusement parks. They've repeatedly won awards for their food

There's a difference between something being illegal and something being an invasion of privacy.

It's not illegal, but it isn't your business. If they want to share how much they make, that's their choice

Revealing private info about a person's wages is not "standing up for workers." Giving them the freedom to decide whether or not to disclose that information is

The dude you're responding to has worked with those engineers for years. He'd know the facts of the matter a lot better than you might

That's ralphy bowlin' to you

Highly doubt there's anything authentic about it but Costco's churros are perf

I guess $1500 can be a lot but it still feels pretty weird how these people can't pull together that much between the 4 (or more) of them, and that's two days into soliciting drivers

I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt but after seeing four different people with these signs I can't help but be skeptical

I can understand being low on funds for a funeral - and this isn't always ideal - but surely a direct cremation can't break the bank that badly right? A lot of churches won't even charge to host a small memorial service

Between 4+ people who are all willing to spend hours outside asking for donations - how much money do they need?