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[botias]

a	Pay off debt
a	Have baby
a	Move
a	Sell house
a	Find rental
a	Move
	Find job
	Buy land
	Build house

I'm going to post this on the fridge. Thought it might help us remember that we are getting somewhere. It's funny, how we expect money to buy happiness even when we know better. I heard someone say once that shrinks for rich people have to be paid exorbitantly just so they can empathize. If a person already has what they need to live, more money really only increases your comfort, and perhaps reduces stress, and for that, not as much as one might think. I suppose it's like expecting air conditioning to improve relationships or your self-esteem, beyond making us more pleasant to be around on a hot day. I think we don't like to let go of this fallacy because it's comforting to think that X would solve most of our problems. If we know what X is, we're halfway there right? And most of us could plot a course towards making more money even if we don't run it. I personally couldn't say the same about being a better spouse or parent.
Computers are so stupid, you have to tell them everything and even then they reserve the right to wig out.

Comments

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing, the amount of difference a tiny bit of brain chemicals can make? At least now, I know what it's like to not be depressed for long stretches at a time. When I was in high school, I was pretty convinced that depression was my default state... and maybe it was, at that point. That probably explains a lot about the way I was back then. :P

[botias.livejournal.com]

I think most people in high school are depressed actually. I know I suffered from it at this time. I went to a lot of doctors trying to figure out what was wrong with me, I didn't want to get out of bed in the morning, etc. When one of them suggested depression, my mom laughed it off. When you think about the general circumstances teens are in, it's hardly surprising.