| Author | Message | ||
     Xl1200r |
Job sucks. Checking account sucks. House sucks. Credit card sucks. Doctor's suck. For the last month I've gotten just about nothing but bad news. To top it off, I'm pretty sure I'll need to sell the 1125 this summer. I need some good news. What do you got for me? | ||
| Glitch |
Spring is less that 2 weeks away. You'll still have the S3T. You have a job to hate. You're young, you were 2 when I graduated high school. You're a BadWeBber. ... | ||
| Wileecoyote |
Been there done that.........be grateful your working. No other words of wisdom sorry. Chin up bro. | ||
| Hybridmomentspass |
I WISH I had a job that I hated. Job market sucks, be thankful you've got one. Selling the 1125 will suck, but at least you'll still have another buell (according to what was said above) Good news is that in a few days Erik Buell Racing will be racing in Daytona and that'll be great to watch! | ||
| Badlionsfan |
A man (doctor) I met once is sticking a camera up my ass Monday to try to figure out why I've been having debilitating abdominal pain since November. If that shows nothing, I have to schedule a cat scan. Cheer up, you don't have that to look forward to all week and weekend. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
I am with these guys at least you have a job to hate. I got out of the army recently and I am having a hard time getting a job and unemployment money also stinks but at least my bills are paid. | ||
| Kyrocket |
I'm going on some assumptions here but...you got up this morning, more than likely just turned a knob and had your choice of hot or cold clean,running water. You flipped a switch and had light, furnace kicks on and off without you knowing it. Is there some food in the cabinet and fridge? How about a vehicle, although you'll be paying more to drive it but hey, you're driving. You've got TWO motorcycles, TWO. How's your family? Safe, healthy? I know this all seems minor and trivial but as I get older and my kids get older I try and take less for granted. It could ALWAYS be worse!  | ||
| Doerman |
Google Napoleon Hill | ||
| Geforce |
When I get distracted and start to feel a little down. These guys always cheer me up. I really miss these guys. | ||
| Sifo |
I drive a wheel chair school bus. Sometimes life isn't fair at all. I can tell you some stories that, if you are a reasonable person at all, will make you realize how much your life really doesn't suck. I go to work every day and am reminded just how blessed my life is. My guess is that when you think your life sucks you just need to see it from the proper perspective. But I could be wrong, you might be confined to a wheel chair almost completely unable to communicate, unable to chew your own food, hooked up to a colostomy bag, and bones that break like twigs if you are slightly mishandled because they have atrophied so badly. | ||
| Froggy |
You forgot to add "Mustang sucks" to your list  | ||
| Whatever |
+1 on no anal butt probe today. I still wish I had my last job to hate... but I loved it... soon when I sign a lease things will get tight... Oh, and this Pegasus adopted me in New Orleans (Happy Dance).  Also... as soon as I let go of ALL expectations of a stable and secure future, things got a hell of a lot easier... just sayin' what took me 20 years to learn... | ||
| Crusty |
XL129R; I know what you're feeling. And all the examples of how much worse it could be don't make me feel better. It's like the old joke: I was feeling pretty down, when a friend told me, "Cheer up! Things could be worse." So I cheered up. Sure enough, things got worse. However; there are a lot of things that are good in your life. Try to focus on them. You've got two really cool motorcycles. Go for a ride. (I've got two, myself, and I'm going to have to sell one soon, too). Do something nice for somebody else; that helps me when I really feel like sh*t. Do something nice for yourself. go buy an ice cream cone, or a balloon or something that doesn't cost much. Call up an old friend, and tell him why you feel do frustrated and depressed. You know, Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans. If you look hard enough, you can find something that will make you smile. | ||
| Drkside79 |
You are alive. Anytime you can say that things could be worse | ||
| Xl1200r |
I'm not trying to claim my life sucks. Yes, I have a job, a home, good friends and family and surely more 'stuff' than I need. I'm just frustrated by debt I've accumulated by my own doing and the fact that everytime I make a move to get myself in a better position, something else comes up. I know I'll come out right side up, I just could really use a break about now. I've already sold pools, motorcycles, drumsets and countless other things, gotten rid of things I don't need like cable. It just annoys me that after all that, and my typical good responsibility with money (until recently) than I'm still behind the 8-ball. Worst of all of it is the back pain which I've dealt with for the last 7 years with little luck in treatment. It's gotten much worse of late which means non-stop doctor's visits and, more importantly, a general cutting down of my mental state from the constant pain when combined with everything else. It really beats me up some days. Doerman, thanks for the link - I know it's all a mental game, I just gotta get myself there. Anyways, all I was looking for was good things happening in other people's lives for a pick me up. | ||
| Whatever |
It will get better. When your health is a mess on top of everything else, it can feel like you are in quicksand. Keep chipping away one day at a time, or one moment at a time. Take it minute by minute and do not look months or years down the road. Something (good or bad) can happen in the next five minutes that can change your life forever. If the depression persists and becomes serious do not hesitate to seek professional help. Hope that doesn't piss you off to say that, but a lot of people, especially men in particular, do not look at that option seriously. If someone told me I would be doing what I am doing now 18th months ago I would never have believed it. I know it is not easy when you have a family relying on you... but try not to get tunnel vision. Sometimes the worst part is feeling like there is no way out. | ||
| 86129squids |
XL- I feel ya man. Keep your chin up... In another thread me and some other folks discussed how much we enjoy "The Onion"- if you've not checked out their site, DO so. I've found that 99% of the time, if I'm in a crummy mood, spending some time reading The Onion gets me laughing pretty good. Last week, speaking of unnecessarily spending $$$, I bought 2 T-shirts from their website- come to think of it, now that UPS dropped them off and how much I enjoy wearing them, it WAS money well-spent. My fave is the one concerning the Muppets, incidentally... there are PLENTY of other good ones. Also- you could always go check out "People of Wal-Mart"... | ||
| Sifo |
No doubt that things like back pain have a real effect on your outlook. I went through a period of about 6 months where I could barely sleep at night from back pain. Living on a couple of hours sleep a night has a real negative effect. Having said that I have come to really believe that you can choose to be happy, or not. I learned this philosophy from listening to Dennis Prager. I know it sounds a bit simplistic, but you really do have the power to control how you respond to what life throws at you. A couple of months ago a co-worker actually asked me why I so happy all the time. My honest answer to her was that I choose to be happy. If the kids I deal with daily who will live their entire life in a wheel chair - many with far worse problems on top of that - can manage to be happy, then certainly I can manage it too. I hope this makes some sense because when it does make sense it does help. I guess I'm lucky enough to get reminders every day as part of my work. | ||
| Reindog |
Go see "The King's Speech" at a bargain matinee. It's r-r-r-really g-g-g-good. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Episodes of Top Gear are my pick-me-up. A new-to-me season just appeared on my Netflix streaming account, that brought my spirits up last night a good deal. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I could bore you with stories of how Russia and the Republics were during the Soviet Reign.... and how many of the problems still remain. Like a city of 500,000 that shuts then entire grid off at nite at 10pm to 'save' electricity... heat is a centrally forced water/steam set up, or an electric base board back up (which just got shut off) As Monty Python said, Life is a piece of shiate when you look at it. | ||
| Rkc00 |
Mark Hope things get better for you. Here are 2 things that have made my life better in the last month. 96 S1 all original purchased today  97 S1 "Sexy"  Daytona bound in 26 hours (Message edited by RKC00 on March 09, 2011) | ||
| Wileecoyote |
Want cheering up? See my thread "Too Fn Long!" Here in Quickies........ | ||
| Geforce |
I can understand why you need some good news... 99% of the local, state, national and world news is fire and brimstone. It's very easy to watch 5 minutes of "news" and want to go hang yourself in the shower because they portray it as if the world is ending on a daily basis. Occasionally, If the Muppets don't work for me, I look at videos and pictures I took from OEF... that always makes me feel like I'm livin' large. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Mark, it's a bad time of year. Winter has been so long. Summer is around the corner and may make you back feel a bit better. I've got a great (no... phenomenal) job, but find myself asking more and more, what happens if I just walk away. As we get older we tend to get more introspective and the more life is lived the more chances there are for second guessing every decision you ever made. Play your musical instruments, listen to good music, enjoy the company of your loved ones. Try not to focus on the material shite. If you've made some bad decisions financially, then try to correct where you went wrong so it doesn't happen again. | ||
| Doerman |
Lesseee... in the last few days: - got my federal refund - made some awesome fish tacos yesterday - one of my customers gave us great feedback - a friend of mine is in Brazil and is having a great time - it is 70F outside and I am going for a lunch time ride - found a smokin' deal on tires - still scheming on how i can scrape up enough to get an 1190RS my list is long | ||
| Xl1200r |
Mike, beautiful bikes! Have fun in Daytona, I sure could use a break from this weather about now. Steve - I hope summer makes it feel better, god knows my chiropractor isn't doing a whole hell of a lot. The band is starting to make some progress and looking up now, so I've got that going for me, and the chicky wants to give a hand at singing, which means this drummer needs to figure out how to play guitar so we can hit an open mic soon, lol. Asbjorn - Good to hear on all counts. I've all but decided that I'll need to move west in the future... maybe the coast, maybe NM or CO, but west is where it's at, no question. My federal refund was owed on my part (not much, thankfully), fish tacos sound great (your cooking always is), I also got great feedback from a customer a week before a bogus out-of-nowhere piss poor annual review. Brazil makes me think of my first roommate in college... I'm CONSIDERING getting a new-to-me pre-owned car to replace my brand new car I got 18 months ago and taking on a larger monthly payment BUT having it paid off sooner. We'll see. I've got a small raise coming at the end of this month that should help. | ||
| Toona |
Good news is, that you are not the guy sitting in the middle of this couch.... | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
Rkc that red bike is one hell of a find. That thing looks like it just rolled off of the show room floor. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I am having a Thoreau - away party. My goal is to really get rid of everything. I have read Walden many times since I was a kid. And you know what, why the F not? I am going to get rid of all that I can, go live off grid for a year, I have no wife, no kids, no house,and no real confidence in the current job market economy. So the first things to go are this weekend furniture, electronics, books, bike parts, cds, dvds, everything trying to get to the own nothing, owe nothing stage. If I cant put it in my pack and carry it, I aint gonna keep it. We are not so much who we are by what we own, but the fences we allow what we have to pen us in. My friends all think I am crazy.... Its sure sign I am on to something  |
