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RE: Life is Short! Remember to ENJOY it, and to be Grateful for What You Have!
One of the reasons why living in Asia is much better for me, is the constant whining and moaning in the west !
It seriously gets me down.
The 'softeness' brought on by decadence - I just find irritating .
Living here, life is tougher - more dangerous for sure - but it makes me immeasurably happier. I feel MORE alive.
I wake up every morning grateful for another sunny day, eating breakfast on my balcony, with the geckos, and reading steemit.
(plus have mental problem, I think. Anything below 25 degrees depresses me! lol)
To be sure, there is a lot of whining here in the US (particularly) and in the west. It grinds me down a bit when someone goes on and on about how they "can't afford" some luxury no person in their right mind would ever think they "need," in the first place.
Sounds like you've found a place that works for you-- I don't "do" heat and humidity, but I have considered the southernmost parts of Chile and Argentina.... my "mental defect" is that I become a miserable sweaty mess at anything above 25 degrees...
Agreed. (apart form the heat part).
We (the west) suffer from the can opener con ( I like to call it).
I have a can opener - no moving parts - and will last a lifetime - if i don't lose it. Guess what?- it open cans perfectly well ( and a bottle open the other end. happy days!).
This cost me a dollar - 8 years ago.
Now look at the size of the market for can openers, (different types ect.). And the prices. And 'we' fall for it.
If we do this with can openers, ( a thing to open a can ffs!) we have gone a little bit nuts, and need a reset, in my humble opinion.
The ain't nothing wrong if you are opening 30 cans a day to upgrade your can opener, but we have lost the common sense perspective.
At a huge detriment to our future generations.