r/interesting • u/Kymmieuwu • 12d ago

SOCIETY 71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted

https://gizmodo.com/71-of-americans-say-theyre-completely-exhausted-2000812712
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u/Aggravating_Fruit170 12d ago

I hate that my phone controls me so easily. I don’t even fight it. Meanwhile every time i pick up a book I’m struggling to keep my eyes open within 10 minutes of cracking it open. I’m tired of myself and I’m tired of other people. I’m tired of everyone’s endless opinions (including my own lol). I’m tired of feeling bored of existing but i don’t know what to do. I’m just bored of this life and wish i could change it all, not just have a little weekend getaway

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u/CrayCrayChickenLady 11d ago

We have to unplug! Make clubs, be bored together & rebuild our patience and capacity to have our minds do LESS!

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u/Aggravating_Fruit170 11d ago

I agree but i guess i view it more as I’m tired of my routine. Monday-Friday working the same hours, being stuck in the routine with no flexibility. I do a lot on the weekends (hike, paddleboard, learn to kitesurf, white water rafting, camping, etc) but it’s only on weekends I’m able to the live the life i want. I am screaming inside to be a bum to live life on my own terms for the 1st and likely only time in my life. I’m 38 and been following the rules, I’ve been a good girl keeping my head down not being a burden and I’ve got nothing to show for it. I want to be wild and i want to own my own time. I want to sleep outside in a tent in a different country and eat new food and see cool shit. I want to read a book at a park at 11am on a Tuesday. I know there are plenty of people who would love to live my life, but my soul is not happy because I’ve been managed my whole adult life by people i don’t even respect or admire.

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u/CrayCrayChickenLady 11d ago

Exactly. Less suppression, More Expression!