• peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    be me: loses 98 lbs.

    “fuck yeah I feel great”

    gets trendy haircut to make it look like I don’t have thin hair

    “fuck yeah I feel younger”

    gets news glasses and clothes

    “fuck yeah I LOOK great”

    goes out to bar to see if I catch attention

    gets attention

    thinks: “fuck yeah, I’m in the game.”

    freezes

    goes home

    So yeah. I like home. Home is safe.

    • Samskara@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      2 months ago

      That’s a success story.

      Safe spaces is not where you grow and learn. That happens outside the comfort zone. Uncomfortable emotions will come up and they will pass.

      Succeeding on the first try shouldn’t be expected. Try again.

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        2 months ago

        Safe spaces is not where you grow and learn

        imagine pinning that up at your local school …

        that would cause a shitstorm for sure. and they’d be right.

    • Nelots@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I mean hey, congrats on the weight loss. Nothing wrong with looking good for yourself.

      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Thanks! Yeah. I wish I could say it was hard. But wegovy was easy. I’m weaning off of it too, and so far no weight has come back.

        • alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          3·
          2 months ago

          Modern medicine is a marvel. I’m starting semaglutide too and so far it’s having a huge effect on my habits, but I haven’t lost too much weight yet.

          • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            It takes a bit. I didn’t really start losing weight until 1.7mg dose. I went up to 2.4mg originally but I lost 10 lbs in two weeks so they brought be back to 1.7 for a month or two before bumping me back to 2.4mg /week.

            Now, weaning off of it, I’m at 2 weeks between 2.4g doses. Then it will be 3. If I still don’t lose weight, then I win.

  • Druid@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Me, yesterday.

    Long-ish day at school, my girlfriend went to friends for karaoke. I had the option of either going with her, going to table tennis practise, or go play Magic at our LGS for FNM.

    I chose option D: stay home, smoke weed, watch YouTube, and play video games. Really needed it.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    That would not have scared child me. Child me would be delighted she wasn’t been dragged to various things her mother wanted her to do.

  • Signtist@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Jokes on you, that’s all I wanted to do as a kid anyway. Livin’ the dream!

  • doug@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    “Whatever you want within what you can afford.” And staying home alone is cheap.

  • Rooty@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    Oh no, god forbid you choose a little bit of meaningfull solitude over being connected everyday, all of the time

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Do you guys feel like you’re the same people you were when you were kids? I feel like there’s a direct connection between me now and me as a teenager (over 20 years ago) but a break between me now and me as a pre-teen who wanted to go out and do things instead of sitting at a computer all day.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      2 months ago

      pixeltree, i always see you saying these things. but why? what’s the story, if you don’t mind me asking :3

      (you can also DM me in case you want to)