justasmalltowndad

justasmalltowndad t1_jdgegdz wrote

Reply to Do you have to be unhappy now for success in the future? [Discussion] by TreatThompson

One way I think of it is: at any given moment, I'm either a success or not. Am I at the gym, working out? Then I'm a successful gymgoer (because I'm doing what a successful gymgoer would be doing)

Whether I have a six pack or not, I need to be at the gym 3 times a week. So then the measure of success is no longer the six pack, it's the actual way I'm spending my time. If I'm doing my best, I'm just as successful in that moment as Arnold is when he's at the gym. (or insert whatever bodybuilder is your hero) same goes for every area of your life.

Plenty of millionaires have days where they wake up at 8 am, eat breakfast, chill out on YouTube, run to work late, get bored in meetings, scroll reddit, head home, and play video games... Are they successful? They for sure won't be if EVERY day is like that.

The success doesn't come from the million dollars. It comes from how you spend the majority of your time.

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justasmalltowndad t1_ja225jk wrote

Reply to [Image]This is what keeps me going back to the gym by Closedbay

I mean... For some people (myself included) achieving peak fitness IS a real need that we want to fulfill in our lifetimes. Just the same as any other bucket list item.

But then again, we really don't NEED to become as buff as the warriors of old... Like just general strength to handle your life is all you need, everything else is really just picking up metal and putting it back down.

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justasmalltowndad t1_j90qnlj wrote

Reply to comment by Scoobz1961 in [Image] 50 empowering quotes from fictional female characters. by quitecanton91

You are objectively wrong.

It felt perfectly IN place, (witch king says "no man can kill me") it was satisfying AF especially in the extended version, it was a clever payoff for both characters, and not a single person in the theaters laughed at that part. Sure, there were some smiles but it was because that scene showcases a strong female win in the most SATISFYING way possible.

And it wasn't her line that made her able to kill the witch king... If you believe that, then you are both objectively wrong AND an idiot.

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justasmalltowndad t1_j5gry3d wrote

Reply to comment by interplanetary_janet in TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life. by ChadExtra

No way, so they basically just reenacted that whole titanic movie? Wow, how unoriginal

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justasmalltowndad t1_j5giru4 wrote

Reply to comment by Clearskies37 in [Image] My best buddy has been through a really rough patch but he’s really turned it around. He sent me this today and damn I’m really rooting for him. by conversingwithoceans

Exactly... The key to real change is making the decision to be the person you want to be NOW, and then work backwards, think and act like that person, and if you stumble, consider it exactly what it is, just a stumble, then get right back onto that road. Over months or years, you'll gradually find that you make less and less stumbles and boom you're where you wanted to be.

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