Thriving or Surviving? Meghan Markle said that life is more than just surviving, you have to...

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Meghan Markle said that life is more than just surviving, you have to thrive, so are you surviving or thriving: physically, emotionally, mentally, in your relationships, finances etc?

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TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

I'm mostly just surviving, though I have my occasional moments of thriving. I am trying to come up with a plan to make things better, but I haven't figured it out yet. I know what I need to do, I just don't know how to do it. But I'm not giving up.

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Carissimi · 70-79, F

Good for you,@TeresaRudolph71. I wish you well.

TeresaRudolph71 · 51-55, F

@Stereoguy @Carissimi Thank you! :)

SmartKat · 56-60, F

I think for about the past year, I’ve gotten closer to thriving every day.

About a year ago, I was going through a period of severe anxiety. I really thought I was going crazy.

I decided to put first things first, and started doing whatever I needed to do to strengthen and nurture my sanity.

I’ll probably never be really strong, or feel safe, again. But I have better coping mechanisms now. There are ups and downs, but I’m much better than I was a year ago.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

I’m happy to know this,@SmartKat. You deserve a good life.

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SW-User

I think most of is living in the real world are surviving ...🙄

Carissimi · 70-79, F

I agree. I guess when you have lived an enchanted life, you expect no less than to thrive. @SW-User

trackman11 · 61-69, M

I am usually thriving, very blessed and grateful. Have certainly had challenges including open heart surgery but even then I was able to thrive. I don’t pay attention to celebrities or seek their advice, but to the question, I choose thriving.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

It’s not about a celebrity. It’s about what she said. Anyone could have said it. It’s good to know there are ordinary people who are thriving. @trackman11

Carissimi · 70-79, F

@trackman11 Oh, you [i]choose[/i] thriving? You mean like people who say they [i]choose[/i] happiness, when in fact they are mainly miserable? I don’t go for those “pretend to be something I’m not” games. I prefer authenticity.

trackman11 · 61-69, M

@Carissimi I believe attitude is a choice, but life throws a lot of curves my friend. I am authentically thriving but nothing is 100%. There are very difficult days. Part of my point is that I consider myself lucky in life and often feel guilty when I see others travel a more difficult road.

jim44444 · 70-79, M

I am more like on cruise control. A continuous series of banal experiences. Nothing to cause a change in direction or to generate a bit of excitement.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

Is that the same as “existing,” or a few steps up? @jim44444

jim44444 · 70-79, M

@Carissimi it is better than existing but without the long term goals of thriving.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

I think I could be happy with this. I’d be thriving with cruise control. In fact, I like the idea of cruise control very much. It sounds like long-term stability. @jim44444

AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F

I'm definitely not thriving, not even sure I'm quite as functional as to be classed as surviving but where there's life there's hope.

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AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F

@Carissimi I feel for you. It's tough but I try to remember I've made it back before so I know it's not impossible. Keep on keeping on and in time things will hopefully improve.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

It’s been over a decade, and this “keep on keeping on” has become draining. I think I’m too old and too tired now. Of course, today I have to gird my loins again, and go do something that actually overwhelms me. My mind spins, and I can’t think straight when I become overwhelmed. It feels bad enough when I’m alone. When I have to deal with others, it’s almost debilitating. @AntisocialTroll

AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F

@Carissimi I can relate. I hope whatever the something is you have to do today goes easy for you.

xixgun · M

existing

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xixgun · M

@Carissimi ain't it grand.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

No. It’s bloody horrible. @xixgun

xixgun · M

@Carissimi Ditto.

TexChik · F

Not sure Meghan has a clue about how to survive ... certainly her husband doesn’t after living off the Brit tax payers all his life.

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Carissimi · 70-79, F

@Longpatrol It’s a question. Who said it, is not the main point, but it is food for thought, despite your negativity.

TexChik · F

@Carissimi especially socialists

Carissimi · 70-79, F

There are real victims, then there are faux socialist/Leftist victims who self victimize because of a tweet, call the police, end up in the high court of England, where the judge finds for the defender (the tweeter), and the self proclaimed “victim” calls the judge a racist for his decision. You can’t make this stuff up. @TexChik

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SageWanderer · 70-79, M

A bit of both as I see it. A lot of areas of my life I am thriving quite well. Other areas it can become a struggle to survive.

AuRevoir · 36-40, M

Surviving.

Wishing/Looking to thrive.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

I wish you much [i]thriving[/i],@AuRevoir

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Carissimi · 70-79, F

Yep! @SW-User

Stillwaiting · M

Not gonna lie .. more surviving than thriving going on last few years

Carissimi · 70-79, F

Even small respites of thriving, from surviving, are welcome. I hope you get some. @Stillwaiting

Stillwaiting · M

@Carissimi Thanks .. there are moments .. just not sustained ones lately

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

Meghan Markle is definitely rich enough to say that.
Most of us are hardly able to make ends meet.

ChickenNugget · 31-35, M

I'm surviving right now.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

I know. 🤗@ChickenNugget

SweetMae · 70-79, F

Surviving for now.

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Carissimi · 70-79, F

Good. @Stereoguy I would have to reverse your statement for my own life: Some people are not unhappy all of the time. 😉

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Carissimi · 70-79, F

You misread what I wrote. @Stereoguy 😉

nedkelly · 61-69, M

Wannabe royal took on the queen and has her arse kicked

Carissimi · 70-79, F

I find her very disrespectful to the Queen. According to a friend, she supposedly said that she was done with the drama and naysayers. In the context it was spoken, she was also calling the Queen a naysayer, as well as the dig that she didn’t own the word Royal. @nedkelly

SW-User

I’m doing both

I like her outlook

Carissimi · 70-79, F

While I agree with her statement as an ideal. Most people don’t achieve thriving. @SW-User

SW-User

True @Carissimi

Aidan · 26-30

Surviving

Carissimi · 70-79, F

What would it take for you to thrive? @Aidan

Newfound · 41-45, M

Thriving

DDonde · 31-35, M

I am not thriving. But I am doing better than I was.

Carissimi · 70-79, F

Better is good. I have also improved from where I used to be. Now, I’m existing, so I’m not sure what I was before. @DDonde

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