I've always had a side that leaned toward procrastination, but never to the point that I seem physically, mentally unable to take care of business.
For example, I still have a number of task not started, or unfinished that I need to complete to protect my property, family wellbeing, in the event of civil unrest.
I have done somethings, but I am very frustrated that I am having such difficulty getting key important task completed. "You fucking had the chance and failed them", is how I will feel if I don't complete these things.
I am hesitant to blame what might be pure sorry ass laziness on some outside force, but damn it man, I swear I seem to be under the influence of some bad mojo, and was just wondering if I was alone in this.
I was surprised to read 14 comments and none really discussed depression, mental fatigue, stress, etc.
I noticed this about myself and realized that I cannot sustain "high alert" status, and actually I was draining my battery. It's a downward cycle. Even with God, eating right, and all the other good things mentioned, you need to take a step back, cutyourself some slack, rest, nourish yourself, and let go. Let yourself rest. Stop judging yourself. Give yourself time to recuperate and recognize that you're still better mentally prepared than most, you have time, and you have done a good job.
Then smile. And laugh. And love. And pray. And just be. Feel yourself recharge, and when you feel it, you'll be ready to get back at it.
I think this is probably the #1 cause.
High stress due to our environment and the current state of the world as well as the high stakes of the ongoing fight keep us mentally fatigued, and if we don't have a good way of burning that stress away it just keeps building up and prevents us from feeling motivated or energized.
Age is a factor, but ultimately an excuse when there are some 80 year olds out there showing us what it means to be in shape and fit with age.
YES. I am a "runner"... well, born again runner. I ran in my 20's and early 30's, then stopped and am starting again from scratch. I keep blaming my poor running performance and slow progress on age, then I see these 80 year olds running a 5k in faster time than I can, or hope for!!
I do think mental fatigue, poor diet, and stress are my enemies in this one. Also dehydration. Believe it or not, even though we carry water bottles with us everywhere, people don't drink the water in them. DRINK! I have learned very recently that is one of my problems. I am learning to relax, stop being so busy, and drink more electrolytes and water.
Eat MEAT. You cannot sustain a runners physique without it. It will break down trust me. By the time you are in your late 40’s You will not be able to sustain it. Fat and meat eggs dairy.
Bingo
Great advice! Being overwhelmed or depressed can slow us down tremendously...
Yeap burn out. I've been feeling it. Time for even just a day trip out and about. Just enough time to remind me why I stay home and don't socialise 😂😆😂 The worlds crazy. I mean the last time I went out for a night / to a cocktail bar full of farking kids. Wtf is wrong with parents / society / the dam bar allowing it. (And no it wasn't a restaurant like some people like to defend 🤦).
When we went out as kids we went to the local bar/restaurant with our parents. 1950’s We ran in and out but by 9:00pm we were home and in bed. 6 of us ran around w our cousins and friends. Now you all have no children and see them as an annoyance. Like they don’t have the right to be where you are. Yes they do.
Why do kids need to be at an alcohol establishment? Seriously?!? All they do is serve booze? Why the fark do kids need to hog seating and potential income / business from paying adults? As I originally said it's an alcoholic establishment. NOT A RESTAURANT 🤦🥴🤡🌎
I know what you mean. It gets me when kids will be playing somewhere and adults are fussing that they should be more quite, or they are interrupting their piece. Let the damn kids alone, and remember when you were one, is my feeling.
Out in the country, away from city, some city folks will move out to country. Some kids on a four-wheeler spin the dirt road up a bit, or ride through near by woods, and they want to call the cops. What does it matter if you frigging shock absorbers his a tire rut on you way home, or you hear a motor sound go by occasionally. Leave them kids alone.
I think some adults are just nasty because they didn't get to have fun when they were growing up. These people are sourpuss bullies.
Im not someone who claims kids need to be quite etc. And have no problem seeing them everywhere, but an alcoholic establishment, that's simply there to serve booze? What is the point of taking a bunch of kids and hogging seating for real customers? I don't know what America's like but it's actually not allowed in Oz. Hence my mind blown when seeing it. Shows I obviously don't go out much and things have seriously changed.
How about some of the TV characters back then. Heck Otis Campbell, all in all was portrayed as a pretty respectable character. Never was a mention of his liver damage, lost jobs, destroyed reputation, or where he got the money to drink all the time.
Darrin Stevens and Larry Tate were worse drunks that ole Otis. Come in door from work, wife waiting with cocktail in hand mixed from the cart of alcohol keep in the living room.
I think our biology requires what you describe. I have always needed less sleep than average person and “took advantage” and developed poor sleep habits throughout career but now retired and more respectful of sleep and makes a difference so now I am working on mental balance and just like being asleep and awake there should be a period of stress/destress. Same as working out also!
True, vigorous exercise daily can reduce much stress. Plus it help keep your old body tones so you don't feel like a wet noodle.
For most of my life, I stayed in excellent shape, was a big man, a moderately skilled fighter, had a keen since of my limitations, and a good sense of digression i.e. I knew when to walk away. I never felt uneasy in a confrontational environment.
No that I am getting old, not in as good a shape, I have lost that confidence, I don't like it at all. My trigger finger still works, but I'd sure hate to have to go that route.
Wisdom and ability together are better than either alone. As we lose some physical ability due to age we must rely on experience (wisdom) more.
True dat!
Yup good advice, and no doubt you're correct. Thanks
...getting old was fun...
...being old, not so much....
...doggy winks...
"I can plow just as deep as I ever could...
...I just can't make as many furrows".
Grandpa Dog esq
I hear you, getting old has affected stamina, but sitting around on my ass is hardly an antidote to the affects of old age.
Up until about 3 years ago, I still felt in my prime. I exercised every day, and think I could have wooped anyone half my age that wasn't a trained fighter. Now the only thing that still works somewhat well is my trigger finger.
Sounds like the American diet! Might look into the benefits that the carnivore diet brings! I just started it almost 2 weeks ago, but my energy is way up!
Watch out for scurvy, take liposomal Vit C to avoid it.
...mine (trigger finger) is growing very "itchy"...
Got a few things I need to finish:
It's not like I have done nothing, but not there yet.
For my front fence, I have grown some Bougainvillea plants from cuttings that I planted in front of fence path. They are very thorny, and when they grow out would be almost impossible to penetrate without pain.
I have well, not on city water, and generator, but that would only last for a couple weeks. Also have 15K pool water source, and enough Sawyer mini filters I could keep from thirsting to death for a while, and could flush potty's, but I really want to get that well down with pitcher pump.
I have probably three months of emergency food per person.
A 30x30 garden with some beans, melons, cucumbers, pineapples.
1 Banana tree, two Jamacan cherry trees (birds eat), one Moringa tree (young)
At least 1000 rounds per bang bang.
Enough Chlorine Dioxide to last a year, six tubes of horse paste IVM, Vit-D, multivitamins etc. and DMSO.
I'm square with the lord (a big one.)
Enough money to burn a wet mule runnin (just kidding)
Lanterns
Two generators. (working on one given to me the other day for free) Guy used it once, didn't know to drain fuel out of carb for storage) so he bought a new one, used it once, didn't drain carb, bought a new one and then learned to drain fuel lol.
Need to get three or four at least 2000 lumen dependable flashlights.
i just bought these for interior cooking and there amazing lights ,has numerous light settings /brightness/, i bought two ,and just had to use them when the power went out last week,and dont fret over getting shit done ,im the same way now getting older and with two torn rotator cuffs its hard. I spent two weeks on amazon researching lighting ,heres the best i could find.
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I got a pack of these. They are cheep, durable, and use AA-batteries. I don't like having to depend on a rechargeable battery, although rechargeable battery are much better today that the old ones.
https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Portable-Camping-Lantern-Batteries/dp/B01C5QSENQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MSSOZ89CVJ4J&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5rDH5fl9Vt1cX9IYzu_eQz7I5mg0SYhcSv6upgOQ9oFurT3iNzdjBI1GNNmYfVdZLpC75IYVoY6yFxpsBDMj5ObReqbT2v9MHuCwVSL6XPRiKpZhXXTB-L3FfEgndIB7bVjGVLBkeajLRzahCZt2ISQ2K1cauKhQ8qEm9tPn6foyz0Q5vuT0tqk2DO2F-owXqHYnw91A6jNS3MPsU_WrzexHVr2zG6chzaITXFxsd7Doa0MzP3jWmMkkFP1qW-T1bpfpPOOoO50BIEjVFKtxl7GourX_iggrOLiqs-jRlXM.jlElKeW-LzlXtN1FTtkNOq-aq5M2ivQhsWB67iwIsgw&dib_tag=se&keywords=pull%2Bout%2Blantern&qid=1718569663&sprefix=pull%2Bout%2Blantern%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-1&th=1
LoL, we have a couple of those waiting. Just doing laundry thinking the top shelf would be great place for dvr/ 8 cameras to put up.. (lazy havent done anything) Water pump kit sitting right here next to me, every time we look out kitchen window we see the casing & rocks for it.... again lazy.......
Sad :(
We made a solar cooker and used it daily for years for rice and beans (you can store them easily). It was cheap and we actually liked eating that way, with soy sauce, olive oil and salad.
Nope, no chance of freezing here lol.
Been looking at solar. Do you thing the solar generators are enough or are you talking about whole house solar capability. Or just solar for battery recharge.
Thanks for the tip on generator from PatriotSupply.com. I'll have to check them out.
So there is not motor in generator right, it just sits in sun and charges a battery that delivers x number of KW of power when needed?
Very well said.
...doggy winks...
Nothing magical about fasting, it's just a way some restrict their calories without counting them and it's the caloric restriction that triggers autophagy. Anyone telling you that only fasting works 9 times out of 10 has a book on it to sell.
Autophagy is precisely what is magical about fasting. Autophagy allows the body to not only break down fat tissue for energy, but also recycle dead cells, diseased cells (think cancer), remove toxins, fight parasites, fungi, and bad bacteria. It also speeds up the regeneration of healthy tissue. In essence, it is the state in which the body is most capable of healing itself.
is that book the Bible? 'cause you can usually get those for free
I usually only eat one mean during day. Might eat one egg in morning, the supper. eat very little sweets.
I don't think I am rigged for outright fasting, until there is no other choice, and then probably could handle it better than most, since I don't eat that much to start with.
I’d love to kick the people who pushed out this “3 meals a day” crap.
For the longest time I got by on two meals a day, and felt much better than when I do 3 meals a day, but people will push 3 meals like it’s a cult.
One of us! One of us!
Same here. Intermittent fasting has done wonders for me. On the days I work, it's two meals a day and on my off days, one meal a day. Been doing two meals a day for well over 15 years. The first meal of the day is called breakfast for a reason. Break (the) fast. But big corporations wanted to make more money, so they came out with three plus meals a day. John Harvey Kellogg is one prime example.
I recently saw advice that said if something is going to take two minutes, don't put it off, get it done right away.
Now I'm having more sex than ever.
And you just regret no one is there to share in your fun time right?
Hahaha
I'm coming out of the closet,I'M BI-SEXUAL,i have sex twice a year,LOLHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
i thought you were going to say, BuySexual. When you have sex, you have to buy it.
The exact opposite for me. I have never felt this energetic!
Good for you. Must be a young fellow.
Deworm.
Username checks out. 😂
Probably right! I spend far to much time playing with my worm (lol).
...the truth will set you free...
u/#howl
Gender and pastime confirmed. Got it. 😏
I thought we've learned that we dont assume gender based on biology?
Oh no, you got me figured out.
Keklarious!
Yeah… technology! Lol
No doubt that is a big part of it. I absolutely love getting up early when the day is quite, and my head is clear, and getting the day started, but for the last year I have been really struggling with turning this damn computer off, and getting to sleep before 2, 3, 4, and sometime later than 5 o'clock in the morning. Just the time I should be getting up, I am just going to bed.
I tell myself every day, damn it, tonight I am turning the computer off at 11, and going to bed, and then I find myself watching idiotic Rumble, or YT videos like a mindless animal seemingly without any will of my own to do as I should. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!
This could be a large factor - your total sleep and quality of sleep when you’re getting it. Blue Light from all the technology and possibly your overhead lights is throwing your natural circadian rhythm off and then there’s knock-on effects to other body sysytems. If your body thinks it’s noon when you finally sleep at 4 a.m. it hasn’t produced the hormones that heal and grow your body at night. Maybe you know this. There are blue light blocking glasses, or you can cut screen use an hour or so before bed, etc. You should look into Dr. Jack Kruse who focuses on importance of light, water, and magnetism. Here’s a recent ~1 hr podcast covering things high-level: https://www.thehighersidechats.com/dr-jack-kruse-light-water-magnetism-the-sacred-cows-of-health/
Thanks for the reminder - I just put mine on.
Not sure about PC, but with phones I’ve always been able to feel the radiation at times - especially since they rolled out 5G.
Probably good to avoid phones a lot more than I do.
If your not married this type of behavior/staying up is common in men,if you are married get back on a schedule/structured day/night routine.
Yep, feeling demotivated even when it comes to a simple task that should take 5 minutes. I've never been a procrastinator so this is totally new for me.
Are you having trouble turning the computer off, and going to sleep at a decent time?
I have suspected that I might be driven to keep bouncing from one information source to another because in my mind I have a false hope that I might see a headline "deep state totally defeated. World piece ensues.Quality of life returns to the 80's"
I haven't had that problem. I can relate to having a lot of false hope but mine is for something different. But maybe you're onto something. Perhaps the repeated disappointments has an effect on motivation.
why Sir,i think you may have just had a light bulb moment for me,you and nothingberg may have just solved all our ills of the day.
Did you just make that term up? Good one!
Well, okay '80s if you insist, but I'm not doing that hair again. (50s were better in many things)
Don't remember too much of 50's. 60's, 70's was a lot of carefree fun 80's I was cooking.
You just put words to my unrealized motivation.
EMFs?
maybe right. I've been making sure I put Laptop, phone, in Airplane mode at night.
I think for me getting older puts me into a similar mood....used to be hell on wheels and on top of everything.....now attitude is I will get to it when I do.
I feel ya pal. Probably my issue too. Where did the years go, is what I want to know.
Last month, I was 22. Last week 45, a few days ago just 55, and today I coming up on 69.
Totally feel ya. Feels like just last week was Christmas and now halfway through June, have no idea where to the time goes. At the end of the day, Happy Birthday, but if you are like me, stopped counting those a while back. Tomorrow is Father's Day and going back thru pics of me and my old man (the good times) while I was growing up. Pics produce reality and leave your head scratching for sure.....
Thanks. I should have said "figuratively, today I'm coming up on 69"
No, you shouldn’t. Don’t leave this conversation with the conclusion that you’re “old”. How old is DJT?
As we’re getting older - we all need to learn how to manage ourselves and what to expect versus what to give up, and do it consciously, so we don’t blame ourselves for choosing something else that we didn’t manage to complete. There will always be “something else”. It’s up to us what we put on the top of our list. Everything else is “lower priority” and it’s fine to give it up and not to worry about it, as far as we’ve achieved the top ones.
To be fair, DJT could have access to a med bed, plus he is anointed by the almighty for the task he has taken on.
Med beds are real.
I hear you man.
I am of the belief that ascension is real, we’re going thru it now, the Great Awakening is a big part of it. A lot of us are feeling the effects of energy spikes
Keep the faith brother.
I am a list maker and I make a list of everything that I need to do and a list of what I want to do.
I can no longer do many things due to be 79 years old and what I do take so much longer.
I keep the list on my computer and try to do at least two things a day.
I have found this does help me get things done; not as fast as when I was 35, but I am getting things done. And it makes me smile when I can cross that one or both off of my list.
I also play energy vibrations all day long.
Good Luck
Me too. I make a list and then promptly forget I made the list, or where I put it. lol.
I remember once, back in my 30's, I took a course on Goal Setting. I came home, got out a notebook and laid out my short term, medium term goals.
Excitingly, as though a cataract had been removed from my eyes and I was seeing clearly for the first time, I announced to my wife, "The reason I have been floundering on my course through life is I've had no map to keep me on course." Problem solved, now I knew where I wanted to get, and had a well laid plan to get there.
About a month later, I woke up and remembered vaguely that I had made a plan and that was the end of that.
What I’m still learning is to keep plans on multiple levels.
High-level plan. I need it, so I know what direction I’m going to and what are the main goals.
Mid level plan. That’s where I can prioritise one project over the other and adjust them, especially when I realise some of them are not realistic to achieve. I then give up parts of those that are less important to me.
Daily plan. These are task-level activities where I only take those that are realistic to complete today and break the bigger ones into smaller pieces.
Updating all the levels (weekly/daily) takes some time but at least I feel that I’m heading right direction that I want, even if I know that I could do more low-level taks when not managing my plans at all. I prefer it over doing small random things.
I'm glad you have that ability to make a plan, maintain it, and follow.
Not much a follow a documented plan.
Let's call it ,THE PAW KETTLE SYNDROME,hey Maw why do today what we can do tomorrow.
I remember watching ma and pa kettle. Pa was always, "I'm a gonna get my shotgun and ,,,,,,"
Wow! You are awesome fren! 👏💪
Thank you! I do try.🥰
I say it takes me twice as long to do half as much. Think on that.
I stepped away from the internet for about a week and rested in life. It does wonders.
I keep telling myself I'm going to do that. Problem is I am working a contract now where I am remoted into one server, to jump to another server, to configure a web and application server, so I can't get away from computer.
All I can do is sleep lately. I’m going through a lot though and I know I’m severely depressed for valid reasons but maybe it’s something else causing it. But yeah, I have no energy and feels like my mind is just numb and checked out. It’s been an exhausting few years and I’m going through a lot of real life shit lately that’s not political so I just assume that’s why I’m so burned out. I’m sure the shit in the air, our food, and our minds doesn’t help matters at all though. I definitely think THEY are trying to kill us so maybe everyone is feeling this way right now. Whatever it is, stay strong and take things one day at a time. As bad as things may get, surrendering isn’t an option.
Are you having trouble sleeping? I just remembered that’s become a big problem for me lately too and most definitely contributes to feeling wiped out all day.
Not sleeping. When I get to sleep I'm a regular Rip Van Winkle. It's turning off this computer and going to sleep is my problem.
Our PC monitors run on 60Hz as does Wifi and 5G pulsed cell tower radiation.
60Hz is also the frequency of Oxygen.
I have the Nightlight mode set for about 12 that supposedly takes out the colors that keep out brain active.
These past few years I’ve found myself distracted, fatigued, apprehensive … all this thinking about Trump, about Q, about the precipice, it takes it’s toll. It’s mentally draining, especially on top of work and family stresses.
The key to helping yourself is to get plenty of sleep, eat well/eat healthy, get outside, get exercise, even if it’s just walking around. Take time to pray or meditate.
Another important thing is to give yourself a break; don’t get sucked into the day-to-day drama, it won’t matter much to the ending. We already know God wins, we already know NCSWIC. I try to limit myself to just 30-40min a day on GA, and beyond that maybe some Joe Lange/Badlands. Tucker Carlson’s interviews are good, as are some of Shawn Ryan’s. But if I get sucked into any more than that, it just messes with my well-being.
So true. None of this matters in the end.
I wake up w nothing to do and by the end of the day I'm halfway there
Kek!
That's the life!!
It's a tough time right now. The world has gone freaking nuts. Everything normal has melted in the last 10 years with our country's slow implosion. It still feels like nothing is happening. That's enough to make anyone lethargic.
I hear you, but is the time we need to be most attentive to necessities.
I get it. I have always been very organized, like to stay busy, a list maker and planner. These days I can't even seem to get the most basic things done in a timely manner. I feel like I've lost motivation. I think I'm just damn tired. Tired of all the backwards bs. But then that makes me feel selfish because I know what others are going through.
Lets follow Josey Wales advice and get Mad Dog Mean alright?
Alright! I'm pretty good at that, too.
I used to exercise and stay in good shape. Looking back, I think a lot of my motivation, I'm sorry to say, came from cheap vanity. When exercise became just a way to maintain health, I lost interest in it to some degree.
Keep your chin up, and don't let the bastards catch you flat footed, is the way I figure it.
I've noticed the demotivation too. Not sure if it's the run of information over the past three months catching up with us, but it could well be something electromagnetic (5G-ish) being used against us as the next thing to learn about. Maybe we'll need some CoFeFeVa to pull us out of it (didn't that refer to Cobalt - Iron - Iron - Vanadium metal alloy for damping EM fields; i.e. "Tin Foil Hat" item??
In my case, I think it's the exhaustion of the past almost 7 yrs. I am worn out. Praying it is all resolved. For the first several yrs, I was raring to go but now, meh. I still believe as much as ever that God wins, I'm just so lethargic. It isn't my diet because I am meticulous about what I eat. If anything, I'd classify it as adrenal fatigue but my cortisol levels are fine.
May be a low grade depression🤷🏻♀️
this post contains the answer you seek: https://greatawakening.win/p/17tL1j11BX/everything-is-crooked-reality-is/c/
Thanks will look at tomorrow.
Yes! Exactly that - like I'm trudging thru mud and ive been up for a bit. Ridiculous - I wake up off and on all night too.
It definitely gets easier to procrastinate as I get older. Things just slow down a little bit. I just keep moving.
The food is the problem. Too much processed food in your diet weakens you and dulls your senses. Not really "unknown" though!
Just putting this out there... Your post details how I've felt for many months, I was toying with the idea that it was being caused somehow by being connected to 5g on my cell phone, idk how, but it just feels weird and unnatural and unhealthy. I have recently began the keto diet and hopefully I'll be able to shake this and also drop some meds. The VA has had me on a mental roller-coaster of different concoctions over the last 20 years, and I have tried getting off of it all but the alternatives are worse than the poison. Good luck. I hope you find peace.
I think your intuition is right. I think whatever is causing this inertia is environmental. I'm living in a newly build house and the ringing in my ears is constant and follows me when i leave for town. If it weren't for Andrea Botochelle's (sorry about incorrect name spelling) cd's playing all the time I would be overwhelmed.
Sounds to me like you are under spiritual attack. It's happening at a much greater level these days. I feel it. Pastors whom I follow speak about how they feel it. Darkest before the dawning. The evil one knows his power is coming to an end.
Who is Jesus Christ to you?
He is to me, who he is for everyone! Some just don't acknowledge it.
My lord and savior!!
That's awesome my fren. I just wanted to see where you were at as far as your walk, that often helps us identify why certain things are coming up.
Sometimes I find I procrastinate on things because God is really trying to bring my focus elsewhere and I simply am CHOOSING to put my focus on what I deem as important. Not to say your family isnt important or that it's not your role to provide a safe place. Just also remember...we can't add even a minute to our lives ourselves. So either you do have some spirit attacking you...and therefore need to cast it out in Jesus name..find some people that will pray for you...for your house...for your family..prayer wins.
OR God is trying to show you that your heart might need some fine tuning in how it approaches or relates to certain things you are choosing to focus on.
This has been my experience with things on a personal level. I have felt that same thing at times. Love you fren. Will definitely be praying for you.
I never know a time when my mom was fearful, of discontented, or anxious for that which she did not have, or jealous because of what someone else had. I never saw a time when her faith was shaken by circumstances, or events. And how our faith holds up under the worst of time, for all to see, has a big impact others.
Just out of high school, I had a head-on collision. My parents were about an hour from the hospital when they got the news. When they arrived at the hospital, I was laying on a bed, bloody and shaking in shock. I was not expected to live.
This was recounted to me by many, that as other friends and relatives gathered in the waiting room area, how they were amazed that my mother was so calm, unworried, not falling apart that her youngest son was critically injured and might not live. How could she be so at piece during this terrible time that would ask. She would reply, I've put it in God's hands, and everything is going to be okay.
Having heard this from other, when I was able, I ask my mom about it.
She told me that when they got the news of my accident, on the way to the hospital, she was coming apart, going out of her mind with worry, a sense of anguish overwhelmed her. Then she said, I turned it over to the Lord, I said, God, I can't handle this, I am putting it in your hands. Your will be done. And she told me that instantly a piece beyond understanding came over her, and she knew beyond any doubt, that I would be okay.
It's easy to appear faithful when the load is light. My moms faith held true under the heaviest of loads. And these times might just be a time when we get to demonstrate to the world how weak, or how strong out faith is, under a heavy load, when it counts.
My entire life has been a miracle. I have no doubt that the God that loves me, and has given me more than I deserved in life, will watch over me until death where I will see Jesus face to face. What an awesome time that will be.
WOW 😳 that's some beautiful stuff right there fren. Thanks for sharing. What an awesome role model to have for faith.
What an awesome day it will be indeed.
If I could provide a thought to maybe challenge you. Rather then say you have no doubt. Maybe ask where the doubt lies within you. Sanctification is a life long process. We won't be fully in Christ until that awesome day we come face to face. Until then God is slowly working in us. In the dark corners of our soul. Shining light on it so we may lean on him as he shows us how to grow. Often times these things are hidden so well, that only God can shine a light on it. That weakness is where he is made strong in us. So maybe all of the experience you described is simply God wanting to weaken you so you can grow in the need for him. It's not a bad thing unless we don't seek To grow from it. Then it will bring us down..
Truly though I can only share different experiences I have had and what the Lord has shown me. Truly this is between you and God, as im sure you know :) much of what I'm saying is simply meant to affirm what I know you already kbow. ❤️😊🫂
Thanks for sharing that awesome testimony though. It's always awesome hearing about true faith and it's power to turn even the worst things into a moment to grow closer to God in soul+mind+body
Hallelujah love you fren.
I've noticed something similar, as well as a counter force.
I've reached the age where a nap is one of the most awesome things in the world. ;) Anytime you're resisting being still, you're probably winning.
We all have a higher self that our government doesn’t want us to connect with
Maybe, just maybe... there's a part of you that's trying to tell you you're wasting your life force preparing for something that will never happen. I totally get what you're saying and can relate to it completely.
There's a LOT of things happening, converging actually, right now - and it's all very overwhelming if your assumptions are wrong to begin with. Yes, everybody's butthole is puckering from time to time lately with the PROJECTED POSSIBILITY of the money situation going forward - and all the ugly scenarios our minds project as if they're real. But they're not. It's not here ... yeah maybe it could be, but I don't think so.
As I mentioned - convergence. Not only are we feeling the squeeze of financial aspects - trying to just feed ourselves and not go into debt, but there are SPIRITUAL aspects that we are going through. Investigate THE DARK NIGHT IF THE SOUL and see of that resonates with you. You're not alone - so many are experiencing this RIGHT NOW - including myself and several close friends. There's a reason for it. I'll leave it there.
I just watched Derek Johnson on Roseanne and it was very good. Say what you want about DJ, but I don't think anyone can disprove anything he says when he points to laws and orders and ultimately, The Plan. It makes sense & gave me a bit of hopium because nothing during these last several years under this Biden character has imploded. Yes, inflation is high, but gas is still <$4, your lights are still on and nobody's set off any nukes on US soil. We need to count our blessings... and remind ourselves we are still at war and it could be WAY worse.
I went through the whole stressed out gotta prep for doomsday scenario myself - but I was met with EXTREME RESISTANCE personally - and reverberations of Y2K and all the HDPE barrels of grain and food I had to throw out, essentially stopped me from wasting my life worrying about doomsday.
My faith in God always giving us a way out and the knowledge (not belief) that I am eternal, made me step back and unyoke all those "have to do" things and let go of all that self imposed stress that I put on myself - nobody else did that but me. I gotta own it. So, while I'll keep on stacking gold and doing a few other things, I'm not going to do shit if the grid goes down or the gas runs out - God put me here and loves me. He's going to hook me up - whether that means me needing to use everything he's put between my ears, or something else - I gotta have faith it'll all be okay.
Otherwise - fuck it. See you on the other side. We're all going there anyway. Relax and put things into perspective. Eternity is a long time...
I'll buy all of that wisdom my fren.
Kek. I had to chuckle, Muckey.
Welcome to the spiritual war. You can bet your bottom dollar that there are spiritual forces around you that want to hold you down and make it hard for you to do what your heart and conscience are prompting you to do.
(Ignorance of the dimensions of spiritual influence is a great problem for humanity at large, btw)
That said, you've already gotten some really good advice in the comment section.
In talking about the spiritual dimension, I'm not suggesting that it's all just supernatural. The spiritual influences can definitely manifest in psychological symptoms, like feeling deflated, lethargic, even 'depression' at its more severe points.
In many cases, prayer (in whatever form feels most suitable to you: reflective, meditative, or just talking with the Big Man, etc) can assist. Like checking in with your mentor, letting him know what's going on. The process itself can be therapeutic, but it can also activate other spiritual forces who want to lift you up, encourage you, protect you and assist you, too.
But most of all, I really like what u/changeagent/ wrote.
Just wanted to chime in a raise a point about yeah, 'unknown influences'. These are 100% real, and sometimes it just takes mental reflection to identify them.
100%. It's called spiritual warfare for a reason.
Thanks. Yup there is a spiritual realm in play here. Prayer is key, but as Julius Caesar (Shakespeare) said, "If I could pray to move, then prayer would move me," IOW, I don't seek out that mentor as often as I should, even though I know that is what I should do.
You, me and every other human alive
But fyi, it sounds like you are accomplishing a heck of a lot. Very impressive. So maybe relax a bit? We can only do what we can do.
Side note: I love posts like yours. It brings out the best in GAW. There are VERY few places on the interwebs where we can find such camaraderie and peer support that posts like yours elicit.
Either way, hang in there Duck.
It will take more than this pressure to Quack me.
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You're not alone in this. I've dealt with some of the same malaise. For me, it was just a sense of darkness that there was nothing in the world that would work for me, no matter how hard I tried, and it led to a lot of fear to try things or take risks in life and career, as well as a lack of ambition. It wasn't just that I was afraid to try. I got to the point where I didn't actually want to do much of anything. Had I gone to a doctor, they would've checked the boxes for major depressive disorder and put me on an SSRI, but I didn't want that, so I didn't go. I didn't want to admit I was suffering, let alone that I needed help for it.
But it's more than that. It's all over, especially among white men. The racial assault has taken its toll and left its scars. Lots of people who were fired and replaced by browner, more effeminate, and cheaper, less qualified replacements know that's what happened and let it get to them. After 300-400 applications to new jobs get rejected, only to check in on those positions later and find them filled in the manner I described above... takes it's toll. You read about it all over the internet on forums like these. Lots of unemployment. Lots of people going self-employed or trying to work disability to pay the bills. Even for people who have jobs still, they call it "quiet quitting", where you show up and do the bare butt minimum not to get fired, but your heart's not in it.
It's all over the place.
I totally hear what you're saying about attribution. I phrased my own experience in a particular way because I am responsible for it. I let it in. I let it take over, and I'm on the path now to right the ship and get things back in order. Had I fallen into the trap of blaming some external force, I'd still be there, hopeless, because what's the point of trying if the cosmos is stacked against me? I simply couldn't let that idea creep in, once I decided to fix things. I had to tell myself I could do better. I just had to persevere, work harder, look for an opportunity, be creative, and hustle more. I had to put the possibility of power over my fate in my hands instead of in some foreign force.
For you spiritual people out there, I'm not dumping on God, but God didn't fix my situation for 5 long ass years. God's going to help me, but I've got to help myself too. Put another way, God hears your prayers, but with 8 billion of us praying right now because evil is resurgent, God's busy. So get started on your own and God will get there and make His miracles when He's good and ready. (I'll end my blasphemy there, lol!)
Take a big breath. Now set a weekend for camping, then rafting, then backpacking, then sailing, then a motorcycle ride, horseback trip, shooting, gardening, build a chicken coop, hog pen, fishing... next thing you know your family is prepared, you have your energy back and you're all a closer family eating healthier. If I'm living right I wouldn't even know shit is about to hit the fan. I'm guilty of letting myself go pessimistic and lazy sometimes but I'm back in summer mode now thankfully.
Wiring a cabin at 8,000 feet for a new customer helped, nice and cool up there so I decided to do some fishing and camping for a few days too. Just rebuilt an old trailer today for dump runs, got my new chicks integrated with the hens. Working on the greenhouse tomorrow. Guns are clean, had a dinner with nothing but my own veggies from the garden and venison I shot. Been buying some more silver, cellar is stocked... some call me a prepper but my life is pretty much just old fashioned. Everything I do is at my dad's place or my best friend's place so I know they're taken care of and taking care of my gardens and chickens when I hit the road to go make money.
It takes a village, find some friends or family like me to help motivate you.
Yup definitely key to unplug frequently. You should like a fairly young fellow, and sounds like you have things lined up right.
I need to build a chicken coup, and get some chicks. I've even been thinking about getting some rabbits. I had some years ago in another location, and they almost took over the yard. Not sure how they survive with bobcats, and foxes running around, but they do.
I've done quite a bit but still have some things to do.
I rescued a bunny and he wound up too friendly to eat. Tried a small cage, the chicken run etc. and he just gets out. He lives under the shed now and annoys the neighborhood cats. I don't understand how the foxes, coyotes, eagles and rattlesnakes don't get him but I put out food and water and he says hi to me when I'm around. I've seen a Bull snake big enough to eat him around here too. Hasenpfeffer is our driveway mascot lol.
To be truthful that is one of my concerns. The dang things are so cute, I'm afraid I might have trouble killing them. On the other hand, when ones belly button, and backbone starting rubbing together, it has a tendency to change that situation.
I've shot and ate plenty of cute creatures but it's a different story when you are having coffee and put out some food and the little guy comes to see then decides to chill on the porch with you. I could probably eat dog too but even starving I don't think I'd be able to eat my dog.
I don't know, if I am starving, I think I could dig up my dos buried in the back yard, and gnaw on their bones. But first I would probable walk a couple miles to the ocean and cast for some bait fish, go to the creek, and find some minnows.
Or just leave the door open to encourage intruders and procure a little filet of liver lol.
I just read about a hiker gone missing, died of pneumonia and they found him weeks later with his dog alive and starving by his side. I'm not even that loyal, if my dog dies and I'm starving his ass is going on the grill but I'd starve to death with my best friend instead of kill him... now your dog on the other hand... if it ever gets that bad I'll be shooting people to feed the pigs and selling everyone else bacon made from my enemies.
In a true post apocalypse situation everyone will be turning their pets loose as soon as they can't feed them and I'll need my dog to help protect me from feral humans and packs of rabid dogs. I'll be feeding him human while I'm snacking on dog if necessary but it's much more likely the nearest military base will be taking us in since they'll need an electrician or I'll be up in Aspen living out of liquor cabinets of the rich and famous while shooting elk in Kurt Russell's driveway.
If you're that close to the ocean just go shopping for groceries on rich asshole's yachts until you find a sailboat suitable to leave on. Or go to the zoo or circus and see what elephant tastes like. It's a shame that there won't be a full on collapse, I have so many great ideas most wouldn't think of.
I fell off my ladder Sunday and I'm going out of my mind because I have to slow down and heal. That's where I'm at, lol.
Must be one of those "Ladder Day" Saints.
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God has been showing me how important a Sabbath day of rest is. We are supposed to take one full day out of seven to rest and refresh. It's a Commandment.
I agree. Not only rest on Sabbath, but be reverent (in remembrance) on that day of rest.
My dad worked very hard, six days a week from 8:00 am to 11:PM and sometime all night, on Sunday he never worked unless emergency, would not allow any work in yard on Sunday out of respect for neighbors piece. And never missed church, where he sat quietly with his family. And if one of us kids acted up, my mom would snatch us bald.
Snatch us bald! Haven't heard that in ages!
It's called being married. 😊
There truth in them their words my fren.
Somebody told me once, "You're not married, you're in prison." I replied, I'm better off that way, some people just can survive on the outside.