Dead and Bloated

[Jimsbbc]

"I am smellin' like a rose that somebody gave me on my birthday deathbed. I am smellin' like the rose that somebody gave me 'cause I'm dead and bloated."

That's how it feels after a whole weekend in Houston with friends staying out late and drinking far too much. I hit 27 today. How many of you were where you wanted to be in life at age 27?

Some of my friends have "peaked" intellectually and physically already, but I am still growing and learning. I am always in a mode of high self development. How many of you had this happen, and did you keep those friends or move on?

 

[starfish]

LOL!! I remember that song

 

[Jimsbbc]

That song rocks! I heard it on the way back to Nac yesterday, it's stuck in my head...

 

[vixenbabe]

It's your Birthday? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

If I ever stop "growing and learning" about myself and life in general...PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD - PLEASE!

 

[GenetiKing]

Hey bro, I can totally relate to what you're saying. I will be 25 in a couple months and I still feel like I have so much yet to achieve.

Most of my buddies (they guys I grew up with) have settled down, work a steady job, and just don't care anymore. It's like they think their heyday was in high school playing ball or partying in college. Hell, half of them are married too. They stagnate, quit caring, and now look and feel like shit.

Fuck that! I still feel like I can make huge strides in improving my physique and enhancing my quality of life. I feel like my whole life is still ahead of me and most of my peers seem like they gave up somewhere in their early twenties.

I don't get it.

Listen, this is the bottom line: Some people simply grow, mature, and peak earlier than others. Don't feel rushed. If you are like me, then you have never rushed into any important decision in your life. Marriage, career, places to live...these are big choices bro. You don't have to make them now. It will come in due time.

PM me if you want.

 

[Jimsbbc]

Listen, this is the bottom line: Some people simply grow, mature, and peak earlier than others. Don't feel rushed. If you are like me, then you have never rushed into any important decision in your life. Marriage, career, places to live...these are big choices bro. You don't have to make them now. It will come in due time.

I feel the exact same way! I was just wondering if anyone else went through that. Most of my friends are on my level, but a few kind of got left behind. One of my closest friends from high school dropped out of college, and doesn't want to do anything but get high every day. I just hated to see him get stuck in a rut like that, but nothing I could say or do would change his behaviour. I had to let him go. I have some good friends that are there for me and challenge me, so I feel very fortunate for that.

 

[GenetiKing]

I feel the exact same way! I was just wondering if anyone else went through that. Most of my friends are on my level, but a few kind of got left behind. One of my closest friends from high school dropped out of college, and doesn't want to do anything but get high every day. I just hated to see him get stuck in a rut like that, but nothing I could say or do would change his behaviour. I had to let him go. I have some good friends that are there for me and challenge me, so I feel very fortunate for that.

Yes, I go through the same thing you're describing. You know, I think, in a lot of ways, that this period is more stressful than my adolescent years.

A lot of my old friends I no longer have a relationship with...simply becasue our priorities are so different.

Hey man, don't sweat this shit. It, like all things, will pass.

 

[polarpixie]

I think it's a great thing to have that mindset of wanting to grow and learn more!! It helps to keep you young! I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they are content and 'where they want to be in life' at any age. I'd be suspicious if someone actually said that to me and conclude that they've just quit trying.

As for friends, sometimes you just have to let the 'bad' ones go if they are not accepting your help, and no one is benefiting from the friendship....it all works out somehow.

 

[Peyote Killa]

Houston huh, yeah our city is a trap if you are not careful. The life her can be so slow that you don't even reralize that you have stopped. By the time you do realize that you have stopped moving it's really hard to get back on the track, cuz everything else moves at the same slow ass pace, so there is never that feeling of being left out, cuz it's all so slow you always have the mind set, "I'll catch up, they are not that far ahead of me" but they really are.

If that didn't make sense, just look at my name and you might understand why.

Peace, and I hope that everything keeps going in the right direction that you want it to.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

That's how it feels after a whole weekend in Houston with friends staying out late and drinking far too much. I hit 27 today. How many of you were where you wanted to be in life at age 27?

Good question. Drop the friends. As you progress, tey will resent you and hold you down.

Just be sure you aren't coloring your judgments with your own personal biases. Would your friends say they have peaked?