Does life become linear?

Sounds like you’re at a low spot right now. That won’t last forever. Life is full of small wonders. A laugh. A memory. A friend reaching out. A smile. A novel that moves you. Curiosity

This saddens me. You have been programmed. Reach out and help others. You will feel better. Trust, in yourself. Don't buy in to evilness. 😊🌺

Not to late to lay the foundation for flexibility and options

I think with age, most areas of life become more narrowly focused as one's responsibilities increase. That was in a time when people actually accepted those responsibilities. Now, I'm not so sure. People seem unwilling to commit to a single relationship, and by extension, to having children. Maybe they can live their lives more playfully to an extent, if they don't end up "married to their job" which many also seem to be.

At some point you pretty much done everything. The real drag though is that the older you get, the less energy you have to even do things that you would want to.

It's easy for people to give bull crap suggestions like take classes or volunteer at some homeless dump.

One thing that might help is if you look at it like this though. If you are bored, at least you're not burdened with excessive responsibilities.

Life has always been that. You have choices now and it's only going to get more difficult. But don't think about that too much either. Only use time wisely :-)

Obligations and responsibilities make life linear... your possibilities evolve into how you can best meet them. That can be crushing, or it can be very fulfilling. It's possible to love your responsibilities.

dine
you sit down at the table
you try different foods
you've tasted everything

there's nothing else for you to do here
you just have to wait until dinner is over

this is what happens when we enter in practical life

Nope, and I never hope it does.

You need to deprogram

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