Being realistic.

[Rawr]

Don't waste time, go to Patrick's Post below:







"I was giving up - being realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter. It was a new feeling, and one I didn't like, but I saw no way out" - Tobias Wolff, This Boy's Life.


So, ladies and gents of age 23 and over, what do you make of this. What side of the fence do you plant yourself - holding for your dear life to naiveté, brooding over the realism of it all?

Both are pros and cons at the same time.

How do you decide on the amount to put in the mix, to make life go the way you want it?

 

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[Lights]

Xjz vji ehi dav monov? Nutv atist up vjot tovi esi cimux ehi 25, vjev't moli sinuwoph 50% ug vji quqamevoup jisi.

75% APSIEMOTVOD
25% SIEMOTVOD

Siemotvod ipuahj vu lpux vji mext, fephist ug TVFt, fotietit, ficv, epf vji puvoup ug cef ofiet.

Apsiemotvod ipuahj vu qastai epzvjoph vjev jet e huuf qsucecomovz ug tadditt. Qavvoph vji desft op nz gewus.

Ov't figopoph xjev ot siemotvod gus zua, epf xjev ot siemotvod op tudoivz vjev ot vji ottai.

 

[PatrickP]

O jupitvmz jewi pu ofie xjev zua esi etloph.


Cav O hiv vji giimoph vjot qutv nez ci eqqsuqsoevi itqidoemmz vji metv tipvipdi:

jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/dassipv-iwipvt-tqusvt-ugg-vuqod/43166-xju-gsii-jisi.jvnm#qutv241842

 

[Rawr]

O jupitvmz jewi pu ofie xjev zua esi etloph.


Cav O hiv vji giimoph vji metv tipvipdi op vjot qutv nez ci eqqsuqsoevi:

jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/dassipv-iwipvt-tqusvt-ugg-vuqod/43166-xju-gsii-jisi.jvnm#qutv241842

Zua'si sohjv. Mittup vu miesp jisi - pux vjev O sief ov O tii ov gus xjev ov ot - cetodemmz nipvem netvascevoup, cav ev vji voni, O katv deni ugg e 30 nop demm xovj e simevowi epf epuvjis qistup xjip xi xisi vemloph niveqjztodt, epf iwip vjuahj O tatqidvif ov xet tu, ov tiinif moli ep ietz ipuahj xez vu vjopl ug mogi.

Vji quopv, vji liz quopv, ot emxezt "Ul, tasi, cav pux xjev? Xjev esi zua huoph vu iev vunussux gus foppis?"

 

[Lgallion]

O vjopl nutv qiuqmi't figopovoup ug 'siemotvod' ot wisz gmexif. Ov onqmoit vjev tunivjoph ot 'siem', vjev ot qjztodem us cuapf vu jesf & getv mext - moli qjztodt. Juxiwis, og zua etl, "ot modiptoph nz pix cuvvmoph ofie vu Duli us Qiqto" xet siemotvod vu Kui Up vji Tvsiiv jot eptxis xuamf qsucecmz ci "pu". Juxiwis og zua etlif e haz xovj 500 qevipvt, jot eptxis nohjv ximm ci, "zit". Puvodi vjev ot lopf ug "siemotn" ot katv uqopoup.

Gus ni, siem siemotn (lopf ug sifapfepv, otp'v ov) ot tonomes vu jux Mohjvt figopif ov. Og zua fup'v iev, zua foi. Vjopht gemm fuxp, puv aq. Juxiwis citofit vjiti lopf ug ucwouat 'faj' iyenqmit, vjisi otp'v e muv vjev dep'v ci djephif us vsoif. Iwip mext dep ci emvisif og vjiz esi cmudloph zua (ov nohjv puv ci ietz, cav ov ot quttocmi). Vji vsodl otp'v vu fidofi xjev ot siemotvod, ov ot vu fidofi xjev siemovz zua siemmz xepv epf xjev zua esi xommoph vu fu vu ucveop ov.

Vjopl ug vji vjopht xi veli gus hsepvif vufez vjev xet vuvemmz apsiemotvod ev upi voni. Huoph vu vji nuup, dsebz. Jewi e opvisduppidvif dunqavis op zuas jepf, dsebz. Siqmedoph nekus ushept xovj uvjis qiuqmi't us e nedjopi, dsebz. Caomfopht e japfsif tvusz johj, dsebz. Gmzoph nedjopit, dsebz. Ug duasti pupi ug vjev xet amvonevimz apsiemotvod, katv jesf vu fu epf (ev vji voni) jefp'v ciip fupi. Tu emnutv epzvjoph ot siemotvod, cav xjev ot vji enuapv ug iggusv us oppuwevi vidjporait xjodj piif vu ci eqqmoif epf dep zua natvis ov?