No stress became yes stress

homework was a chain around our necks with unspeakable consequences had it remained incomplete

I had the opposite experience. I worked hard to always finish my homework, but many of my classmates completely blew off both homework and classwork and still "passed". I knew kids who had all F's but would get their grades suddenly changed at the last minute to a C- because if the school failed too many kids they would lose federal funding.

Felt like the value of my high school diploma plummeted considerably when I realized just how many of my graduating class were completely checked out for the entire curriculum. I dunno how different it is now; I graduated nearly two decades ago.

Holy shit, I have never seen that before... that may be the best recovery I've ever seen in any fight.

Just... holy shit.

Potentially critical error -> I win.

In approximately one second.

Damn.

Finally someone recognizes the 5 major food groups correctly

I have, I just don't think these parents are as prevalent as we'd all hope

If they had parents like that "no stress" wouldn't be on that list.

For anyone interested, he's talking about OK computer by Radiohead which is ok in my opinion

I was (and am) hypervigilant because of the environment I grew up in.

By 7 I was already traumatised, probably. Didn't know it back then though.

Keep things as simple as you can. I swear people make their lives more difficult than it has to be. Get rid of stuff, cancel your subscriptions, keep your living space clean, give xanax a try, sell your kids.. That kind of thing. But otherwise, when something comes up, you just kind of deal with it.

Not possible entirely. These goals are unrealistic really!

How to manage stress is a better goal because life is always going to involve stress. I think it's managing everything on this list rather than eliminating. Zero debt isn't possible for a lot of people. Zero alcohol is a choice, why?

Just figure out what's important to you personally and how to manage things the best way that you can. All these things go in and out of whack through life.

kms

They kinda all play into each other.

I've been dealing with depression and other health conditions since I was a preteen. It took me a longggg time to recognize my mental health is always the priority but also ongoing, there's no "destination". If I'm the right weight, no debt, zero alcohol etc but I still want to die then there's no point.

Of course they all intertwine but front of mind for me is keeping some semblance of a purpose and desire to want to be here. For example, I can't work full time because I don't cope. Took me a long time to give myself permission to just not have that as a goal. I survive by working part time, the finances aren't ideal, but I am able to enjoy moments of life more often than when I was working full time (in and out of hospital).

Purpose is the biggest thing to find, something that gives your life meaning, everything else comes after that.