Trying on a new perspective

this is one of the most depressing things i've ever read

Pshh you’ve never seen my pair of baby shoes
I mean.. you're not wrong... But still made me laugh out loud

Damn, that's depressing as fuck future me should set higher standards cause present me is a walking disaster

Is the lesson, "Don't take walking for granted." ?
- Knees aren’t guaranteed…

One can appreciate the sentiment of the quote to value every minute while you have it, but under a more optimistic lens, the quote is not always true. I was 10x unhealthier 20 years ago than today, and I would give anything to never be there again. We all walk a different path.

I was physically much more healthy but my life-stress levels were much higher. So glad I'm past that. Now if we can all just do our bit to stop the world sliding into fascism, and of course climate destruction, maybe we'll be able to look back in 20 years.
I hope I'm going to be you in the future. I'm in my late 20s and straight up not having a good time, health-wise.

This is terrible. I wouldn't want to go back 20 years at all. Every year I'm grateful that it has been better than the last. Life is on the up and up. I'm not wishing to go back, I'm looking forward to next year.

I sure as fuck hope not. My body is already broken and I'm quite miserable where I am. I understand my body will only get worse but if nothing else is going to get better this is the opposite of wholesome.

Totally with you on this one.

This exact moment? Dude I’m taking a shit.

Oh you too?
Lucky coincidence, 20 years ago, I remember there was this one time I really really wanted to get to the shitter
Fast forward 20 years, and I'm so happy it happened!

If I had read this a year ago it would've been completely false

Easy perspective to have if you're a rich Webster. I bet a poor Webster would have less positive affirmations, but maybe in 20 years, poor Webster won a lottery and will have become rich Webster.

So it's kind of a 20 year time loop then.

20 years from now you're gonna feel:
Worse than you do,
\ Way less healthier
\ And hate your past self for what you've become.
So quit your bitching and enjoy now.
--- Poor Webster

Weird way of saying every day of existence will get worse.

Yeah no. That ain't wholesome.
This is just telling the peasent to enjoy the day they weren't flogged

Higher quality version

It's the same meme, but younger and fresher.
- It's the same meme from 20 years ago specifically

Thanks now I'm depressed

Feelz bad for Rich Webster whose life is on a downward spiral.

Not to kill the vibe or anything. But I'm depressed as shit right now. If in 20 years shit is so much worse than right now, then I'm going to take a long walk off a short cliff.

Now take a second to enjoy it Now."

I did, and now that second is gone forever. Thanks a lot, Webster.

Nah, if you peak too early you gotta live with the downfall. I'm planning on being the most healthy in my 50s during the second global climate wars.

Not physically, no. The best time to start getting into shape was yesterday. The second best time is today.
I exercise for the sole purpose of making getting old suck less.
- As an old person, a lot of my aches and pains now come from fitness-activity injuries in my youth. So may I suggest MODERATION. Watch the wear and tear on your tendons and cartilage!
- Some of us can only dream of that, because we have unrelated health issues that prevent us from exercising, and a shitton of other stuff. All we can do is hope that this isn't the healthiest well ever be, because that thought is fucking depressing.

I'll have the time of my life now so i can rub it in the face of future me!

This poem advocates for assisted suicide in a fun and upbeat way.

I think this all the time. I have trouble being in the moment, but my life right now is possibly the best it'll ever be. So it's important that I take the time to be grateful for how things are right now.

I suffer from chronic migraines, in 20 years I hope that is medically solved.

This might be true now, but I definitely wouldn't want to be where I was when I was 20 again. My life back then sucked ass.

What a perspective to hear for the day…

- A couple of people who were close to me just died so no,I will not be wanting to come back to this moment. I’m actually looking forward to aging. Means I can get some time between myself and the event. We age every day. Aging is easy compared to this particular experience.
- And as far as looking back to previous experiences,no, life is very very hard for some people and struggle will be there. If we’re looking at it as “oh I survived a beat down easier back then cuz I was so much younger oh but I also didn’t have any autonomy in some of the wretched situations I was in” I don’t think that is the measure for a great time.
- that platitude is ageist. Aging shouldn’t be looked at as something to be disappointed with. If anything it will be better in that you can have more experiences to look back on that were positive. And happy that it happened. Not needing to go back to it. Something seems clingy with time on that one and that seems mentally and emotionally unhealthy. Additionally aging is a privilege if you last long enough to age well. Look back to better experiences. Not just ‘better physical health’.
- it’s a miss take on what defines as better health. Youth anlone isn’t necessarily a decent measure for better health. And mental health can change as you age. Sometimes for the better as we get more experiences to challenge hard inner dialogues. A lot of people can become much healthier (both mentally and physically) as they grow older and gain better perspectives to apply to their current moments not just past ones.

Im extremely depressed and dysphoric, if this is the peak of my life then ill probably be dead in 20 years

I like how many assumptions were made there. But they are all wrong in my case. I'm fucking sick, away from home and basically miserable at the moment. Only good thing is I'm still alive and have all my faculties. 20 years from now all I'll want is a comfortable home, reasonable health, my loved ones and my puppy with me. I'm old enough to know that I'm not into retakes.

I already know I don't wanna be 20 years from now.

I don't even want to be now.

Hey shrub, FWIW I think the world is better with people like you in it. Take care of yourself, please, and I hope life treats you as well as it can. If you ever need someone to talk to or anything, this internet stranger's door is always open.
- Thank you.
  \ (I also apologise, it was late night & I didn't realise I was in Lemmy be wholesome)
  You are indeed one nice individual, words like that help & make life easier (calmer even?) for others. I wish upon you a good world too, a world that makes it a nice place to be part of, and that you have your part & place in it that makes you happy & content.

I'm currently unemployed and going through a depressive episode so no, in 20 years I will not be wishing I was back here.

2 out of 3 ain't bad.

I'm assuming they didn't expect the reader to be at work lol

Yes, but also this stressed out, in October of 2024? Either my mental health is in the dumper 20 years from now, or I need to pick a different year.

Edit: this thread. Yikes. Take time to take care of yourselves - you deserve it. I wish you all a good day and a pleasant good night.

No! I'd rather be 20 years ago!

I don't know about two and three...

I'm hoping that I will both be around in 20 years and able to eat solid food by then.

Enjoy what? Rejection, because I was born in the wrong country.

I mean 20 years from now I would put it as 50 years earlier if I had my way.

I plan on and am on track to be much healthier, but agreed on the rest.

Reported for not being wholesome. This is just mean and cruel.

Well fucking thanks. Fat chance of me enjoying this moment now. Instead I just feel bad for all the moments missed and mortality in general.

I don't want to come back here, and I rather die than go back 20 years and relive that dumpster fire.

I needed this right now. Thank you.

Read this last Thursday when I was healthy. Now I have the flu. This cursed me

I have never felt this way. Part of it's luck, but even hard stuff I feel like has made me a better person, and happier for it.

Not to mention having this exact amount of money in your bank account.

.. and browsing memes.

damn, this quote struck me. it hurt.

Wish I wasn't mentally ill! Makes me feel worse to think about how I feel like shit.

I'm thinking about killing myself constantly. I can't imagine I'll ever long for this.

Maybe if I'm dead? But then I won't be longing for anything...

Mate pls get help in any way you can? Please?
It's sometimes hard to find something worth enjoying, I hope this happens way sooner than you think.
call 988 if you can?

I don't wanna live to be 60... 😩 I want off Mr. Life's Wild Ride.

20 years from now I hope to be dead.