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Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 09/11/2023 (self.newzealand)
submitted 1 year ago by absGeekNZ to c/newzealand
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Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 1 year ago

LOL

I like these lite philosophical questions you ask.

I tend to think big thoughts often, it is just the way I am. I could be far more esoteric; but I digress.

Early in my "adulthood" I was very depressed, I flirted with ideas of suicide often. Until one day; I had been ignoring my health and was sick, but still went out drinking and parting with some friends. I was always looking for external validation. Next morning I was walking home sick, with shit running down my leg, hungover in the freezing rain in clothes that were not suited to being in the rain. I decided at that point that I was going to end it when I got home....suffice to say, the walk home helped clear my head.

I realized that always trying to be happy and chasing happiness didn't work for me. From then on I was still depressed, but got better surprisingly quickly.