Prices have been rising so fast, 2 years ago saving up for a home would actually taken more like 4 years, then after a year of saving you would still be 5 years away, and today after two full years of saving, it will only take 6 more years for a down-payment.

Two years ago I signed up for a bike race. I’ve ridden my bike every day since then

NO JOKE!!!! 2 years ago I was a homeless addict, living off of the generosity of others. Going in and out of jail due to my addiction......

I got out of prison December 19 2021. Since then, I have stayed clean, and SLAM DUNKED long term goals that I have been setting for myself in rehabs and treatments for years. Got a job in the hospitality industry, and took to it like a fish in water. Worked my way up in the industry to Asst. General Manager of a local resort. I have tattoos on my face and hands. I have 8 felony convictions.

I just finished my first semester of College. I am pursuing my associates in Business and Marketing, and want to eventually open my own high class boutique hotel and restaurant. I love my life. I am more satisfied than I have ever been.

Thanks!

And in two nights, you just may pass in your sleep

My mind goes to:
“We forge the chains we wear in life” - Charles Dickens
“To envision a world without chains but recognize that we as individuals, can only chip away at the links. One at a time, day by day. To have the ability to wage quiet wars in our everyday lives and recognize the subtle victories when they happen” - 1905

Same rofl

2 years ago I was in a pit of despair. And no matter how hard I worked it seemed like I was never going to be able to financially support my newborn and wife. It was worse than paycheck to paycheck as I was having to rely on the money my wife had saved up and it seemed inevitable that the sinking ship of my life would eventually be unrecoverable. My work effort however was relentless and even though it felt like I had nothing more to give I found ways to make my efforts more and more efficient leading to even bigger output and presence that eventually was noticed. The people who noticed me helped me considerably and without them I wouldn’t be where I am today, which is in a position that sustains the cost of me and my family. But the biggest thing I took from all of it is never stop the process and always find ways to have a higher throughput through efforts both physically and analytically.

I interpreted it as if you sit on your ass you won't notice your depression is holding you there.

This quote is painfully true. I went from unemployed and $50 bucks to my name scared I couldn’t pay rent to being employed and a home owner in two years. Your life can change so quickly.

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German communists were not Bolsheviks. You don't even understand what you're talking about.

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Of course I am talking about literal chains. That was explicit from the beginning.

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Two years ago I just started my first job out of grad school, making the jump into the unknown and hoping to get out of a bad situation that caused me a lot of grief and anxiety (Don't try for a PhD folks, you don't need it). A couple weeks ago I celebrated my two year anniversary with my company with a promotion. I love what I do, I love the people I work with, I love the flexibility that comes with my job, and I've learned way more during my time here than I did in grad school.

Over the last two years I've saved up to buy a home and have developed a long-term plan for what I want my life to look like. In two years' time I will have purchased my first home and will be on my way to building a portfolio of investment property. If I hadn't made that jump, I'd still be spinning my wheels in grad school.

A great Formula 1 team principal once said: If you've got a problem with you car, change your fucking car.

What does that mean? You have agency over your own life. Where you can be in two years is a direct result of the decisions you make now. So go get it. You're floating through space on a rock until you die. Do you really have anything better to do?

Yet here we are

Same

My bad. Finger slipped. That said…

I know what they're referencing, I don't understand what they mean.

Are you replying to the wrong comment?

> Anybody who thinks sitting still makes them unnoticeable

First, by 'them' do you mean the chains or the individual?

Second, are you familiar with the concept of Learned Helplessness?

Third, are you talking about literal chains?

No. 😏

It’s easier said than done when you’re diagnosed Generalized Anxiety Disorder, ADHD, Bipolar II, and having OCD like symptoms, but yeah I’ll try even though logically I know this. Just not possible to register it in my brain.

What happened in the last 20 years that make you think the next 2 will be different