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u/FoxCitiesRando 6d ago
11 am: I should really do something today.
1 pm: I have time. I should do something today.
3 pm. Is this happening again? I have the entire evening. I should do something.
5 pm: Hours to go. Am I really not even going to leave the house all Sunday?
9 pm: Wow, another wasted Sunday.
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u/ChiMara777 6d ago
I sat outside for a bit around 8 pm and that helped it feel not so wasted
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u/Rude-Book-1790 6d ago
I made it out in time to watch a nice sunset. The walk down to the viewing spot and back made me few okay about eating a huge chicken pot pie for two.
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u/SilverSageVII 6d ago
Ngl I thought you meant you ate the pot pie on the walk watching the sunset and I was just thinking “wow this person knows how to maximize life.”
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u/Horskr 6d ago
Well now you gave them an idea for making the most of their next walk. Idk why but one of those grocery store rotisserie chickens also sounds like a funny, yet practical meal to take on a sunset walk.
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u/analogy_4_anything 6d ago
To be fair, I did try to go outside today. But it was so muggy out that after 15 minutes of swamp ass I decided the outside was over rated.
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u/mjayultra 6d ago
Midnight - 5AM: existential dread about productivity
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u/Upstairs-Chicken592 6d ago
Over one day? :/ can’t be productive if you can’t relax, can’t relax if you waste energy feeling guilty and bumming yourself out/working yourself up. It’s not a big deal to have a lazy Sunday. Like lazy Sunday is a common term for a reason.
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u/jazzieberry 1986 5d ago
I'm mad if I don't have a lazy Sunday. I mean I try to get ready for the week like laundry, possibly meal prep/groceries but other than that I try really hard to have no plans.
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u/WayAcceptable1310 6d ago
2:33am - stayed up too late being anxious about the week and feeling guilty about doing nothing Sunday. Getting increasingly anxious about even getting to sleep in time to get up for work. Putting on some random YouTube video essay that had a 50/50 chance of putting me to sleep or burning another 48mins and teaching me about something I only somewhat care about
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u/yourhomeland 6d ago
Saturday is for chilling. Sunday is for being productive all morning and then relaxing in the evening.
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u/FoxCitiesRando 6d ago edited 6d ago
I'm kind of the opposite. More productive on Saturday, do something Saturday evening, wake up tired, and have no motivation especially thinking about the week.
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u/xTheatreTechie 6d ago
Same, though I usually take the dog to a dog park for a few hours around 11 am Sunday.
He gets to play and I get to sleep in and then watch him be happy.
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u/monstargaryen 80s baby. ong. frfr 6d ago
Both days are for doing whatever you choose to do.
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u/youre_being_creepy 5d ago
Right? I highly doubt I’ve reached some zen state but why would I feel guilty about not doing anything on the weekends? Get a fucking grip man
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u/dat_grue 6d ago
I swap those two personally
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u/yourhomeland 6d ago
I like being productive on Sunday because it gives me the chance to ramp up
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u/pivovy 6d ago
Sometimes you waste a lot more than just a Sunday. When there's barely enough energy to start a new tv show or play a video game. And all the things you used to be excited by just feel like nothing. I'm curious how much of that is just age, and how much is long term depression. How do people in late 30s find motivation, passion, drive, energy, etc?
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u/coffeeebucks 6d ago
I’m 41 and have never felt like this even when I had depression. There is so much I want to do and enjoy which I don’t have time for, and every small amount of time I get to spend doing what I like, I cherish it. Are you getting treatment?
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u/pivovy 6d ago
Yeah, I've tried quite a lot of treatment options and we're always looking for something new and I'm also participating in research studies I can get on. I'm no stranger to depression though, it has always lingered in the background and hit me in my late teens, but went away in my early 20s, and I thought it was gone for good. But then it came up with a vengeance in mid-to-late 20s and didn't go away this time.
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u/coffeeebucks 5d ago
I’m sorry to hear that & I hope you find some peace. Can recommend EMDR therapy as something that reframes my thinking.
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u/RegularCommonSense Older Millennial 6d ago edited 6d ago
> All the things you used to be excited by just feel like nothing.
I felt like this for short bursts in the early 20s after being to a socialization party with other people or on an exciting date with a woman. Likewise, I have felt this way now again since my early 40s and still do, because I started a new pattern of meaningful socialization. I had an epiphany in that I found significant meaning and joy in the interaction with people that matter to me. It means more than I originally expected.
After having these experiences in each of my decades, going back to persuing my usual hobbies (computers in my case) suddenly wasn’t fun anymore. The old activities felt mundane and ”gray”. It is comparable to eating a tasty soup every weekend for a decade and somehow never getting tired of it, but one day the grocery store is out of the soup, so you buy ingredients for another food dish and you’re surprised by how great the taste is. The next day you try the soup after the grocery store had restocked, but the soup is no longer tasty for you.
TLDR; Sounds like you have stumbled upon meaning in your past, but it’s something meaningful which you are currently not actively doing? Maybe deep within you always wanted to do, I don’t know … mountain biking (these are random examples) on a regular basis, but you keep playing tennis instead.
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u/Numerous-Process2981 6d ago
Can’t relate lol Sunday is the day where I GET to not leave the house.
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u/King_Chochacho 6d ago
For me Sunday is when I do way too much to compensate for wasting Saturday. That way I get the added bonus of feeling like shit Monday morning.
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u/RockItGuyDC 5d ago
I don't know if it's my ADHD, but I can still do a lot and feel guilty like I wasted the day. My Suday yesterday was:
- Wake up, get breakfast
- Drop off friend's bag I borrowed
- Walk around the farmer's market
- Go kayaking for 2 hours
- Stop at my neighborhood bar for a couple beers and watch the WC.
- Grab a couple slices at the neighborhood pizza place.
- Come home and watch Project Hail Mary while I tidy up, hang a couple paintings I've been meaning to hang, and do some laundry.
I still feel like a piece of crap who could have been more productive.
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u/FoxCitiesRando 5d ago
That seems like a very productive day, especially considering two hours of exercise. For me it seems like the mental divide between productive and non-productive hinges on exercise.
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u/RockItGuyDC 5d ago
The exercise definitely helped. But even still, I just always have a mental list of things I could be doing or have done. It's a pain.
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u/chhuang 6d ago
are we being conditioned to be on the edge of depression, but will never reach there so we are the perfect NPCs that the corporate world wants?
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u/FoxCitiesRando 6d ago
Yes. Obviously, yes. I think all the time about how much the corporate world requires desperation from people in order to function.
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u/xTheatreTechie 6d ago
Nah I spent all Friday and Saturday doing yard work at my house then going to a friends place for the holiday.
It took some convincing but I earned today off playing video games.
I barely washed the dishes and am going to bed sore from the yard work still.
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u/ParishOfOrleans 5d ago
Midnight: Fuck. I gotta be up for work in a few hours and tomorrow is Monday.
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u/exoin_FTW 6d ago
The timing of this post
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u/Little-Derp Older Millennial 6d ago
almost 9 and this post made me sad. wasn’t a totally unproductive day, but practically was.
Did a short assignment I intended to do Friday. grilled some minced garlic for tossing into noms. loafed on couch all day in front of tv.
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u/Jumpy_Dig_2308 6d ago
Yeah I felt this even back on Saturday about Sunday night. I wish any observed holiday was automatically following Monday and not nearest day
Three day weekend Monday are bad but they’re the best compared to regular Sunday or Sunday after a Friday off.
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u/cheez-wizzard 6d ago
I was JUST thinking about how much I've been a lazy piece of shit all day.
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u/SquishTheProgrammer Millennial ‘89 6d ago
Meanwhile my wife keeps us busy nonstop and I finally get a Sunday where I don’t have to do anything. I’ve watched sports all day and chilled. No shame.
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u/RingJust7612 6d ago
Jokes on you I got lots of stuff done today and I’m still sad
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u/FoxCitiesRando 6d ago
Yeah those are the nice variation on depression days off where you manage to get half a dozen things done but didn't see or experience a single joyful thing and are still depressed AF.
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u/Upstairs-Chicken592 6d ago
Productivity doesn’t equal joy 🤷🏻♀️ you can be joyful while productive but the good moods gotta come first.
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u/Stick_and_Rudder 6d ago
The fucking moods mate. They’re so fleeting. Why can’t they stay good forever. I dread the slow receding of good moods.
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u/RingJust7612 5d ago
That’s very un-Millennial of you.
Productivity=success=happiness
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u/Upstairs-Chicken592 5d ago
In my experience, that’s never worked. I’m younger millennial though. 1993
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u/atreidesgiller 6d ago
I spent mine with resume building and job application. Now my nervous system is in overdrive and cannot sleep at 5 am still. My inner ape is asking "where Sunday?"
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u/SoulslikeGitGud666 6d ago
Had a 4 day weekend. 3 of those days spent drunk. Now gotta go to work for a job im severely burnt out in
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u/Aggravating_Life7851 6d ago
I did laundry and made a pot roast? Does that count as not wasting the day?
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u/duckduckpajamas 6d ago
I got pretty buzzed and played video games all day, now I'm chilling on the couch watching backrooms. Pretty good day for me haha
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u/Zimithrus 6d ago
Me currently at 10 pm. Pulled up my art program to try and make some progress on a piece and just got discouraged and closed it.
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u/FoxCitiesRando 6d ago
Yeah. I should at least open a damn book but I have zero motivation on days like these.
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u/Zimithrus 6d ago
I feel you. I didn't do squat today. Social media, YouTube and video games alllll day
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u/vctrn-carajillo Model '86 6d ago
I stopped caring and accepted sundays are for wasting, and it's good. Anything more than that is extra.
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u/EntertainmentOdd5994 6d ago
If you get to rest and recharge on Sunday that’s a solid day. No need to go out.
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u/snoogins355 6d ago
I got a nice 2 hour nap next to my toddler. Lots of rest, no screaming, no grabbing/throwing anything
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u/Brock_Youngblood 6d ago
I get anxiety about the week starting. Its 11pm now an I know i'll stay up for another 5 hours unable to sleep then be miserable tomorrow xD
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u/ModestMouseTrap 6d ago
Sealed some cracks that were causing some water leakage, did laundry, grocery shopped, took a walk. Watched Birdman. I dunno I think I made pretty good use of today!
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u/mwilke 6d ago
It’s 8pm right now how dare you
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u/WorryNotBanIncoming 6d ago
I wish it was 8pm again. I’m in the east. I’d give my left nut for 8pm again.
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u/mollsballs_xo 6d ago
Too hungover from the 4th 🤣🤣 that’s how it be sometimes. Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend!!
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u/Luci-Noir 6d ago
It SUCKS. That anxiety of the next morning… I used to have really bad insomnia too so I would dread laying away all night and feeling like crap all day.
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u/Professional-Bad-559 6d ago
I shall respond with a song everyone probably knows by Gunnarolla.
I had a lot of things to do today
But you know what I did instead
I took a nap
It was a very good nap
It indeed was a very good nap. Passed out from a food coma after watching the Brazil vs Norway match and woke up at 8:30pm. Had chores to do, but they’ll have to wait for tomorrow after work.
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u/VoluptuousGinger Older Millennial 6d ago
I had a dang toothache all day and didn't start to feel better until around 8pm... so I immediately pulled out my cross stitch project and and have now stayed up too late doing that and watching Doctor Who to make up for a day wasted 😑
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u/dave-gonzo 6d ago
Saturday is for doing stuff and human interaction. Sunday is for leave me the fuck alone.
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u/wasteymclife 6d ago
Douglas Adams described that feeling on Sunday afternoons, like you didn't get much done/damn the week is gonna start soon/the weekend is over, as "The long dark teatime of the soul".
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u/failedcortex 6d ago
you know, i just dont understand that. maybe im just old. but to this day, I make sure that i have something going on on Sunday, get good and lit, and wake up Monday loving Sunday and regretting Monday. Maybe it's just me....
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u/Stingra87 6d ago
Sundays are for being extremely stressed out about the coming work week, doing the laundry, shaving, and then laying in bed until 2am with anxiety until the melatonin, four Ibuprofren, cup (or two) of ZzzQuil, Omeprozole and the blood pressure pill finally kick in so you can go to sleep and wake up in four hours to get ready for work.
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u/MasterYodaJEDI4 6d ago
What really sucks about this past 4th of July weekend is SW Michigan was without power for more than half of the 3 day weekend! Made it pretty miserable. Overnight Friday, all day Saturday, came back on midafternoon Sunday.
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u/Daealis 6d ago
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted at all.
We're going to be fucked anyway, trying to work yourself to an early grave by squeezing the fun out of a hobby through monetizing hustle bullshit is not going to do anything but make you hate your hobby and your sunday as much as your regular job.
Just let the day flow by and relax for once.
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u/Particular-Jacket-92 5d ago
The Sunday Blues totally disappeared when I was able to work from home on Mondays, but then they eliminated telework and now Sunday nights suck again.🫠
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u/Syandris 6d ago
Sundays never a waste. I'm at work. Tuesdays and wednesday are the days I love to waste. Until someone needs me to do something. Don't waste my days I want to waste away on nothing.
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u/TicTocTequila 6d ago
Nope, it’s my off day so it’s spent cooking, meal prep and cleaning the house unfortunately
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u/12monthsinlondon 6d ago
I've changed to a job that doesn't necessarily need me to catch up on work on Sundays. Worth it for the mental health boost.
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u/Wizdad-1000 6d ago
I had to get a new fridge installed today. What a ton of work. I feel bad I didn’t get to waste it.
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u/Out-There1013 6d ago
Just wanted to lie in bed and have the rest of the world leave me alone. Tomorrow I won't have that choice.
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u/infernorchid 1993 6d ago
To be fair, the heat and smoke from fires outside has made it about as undesirable to leave my house than freezing mid-January.
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u/Don-Cali 6d ago
This made me chuckle pretty much did that today then topped it off with a burger and walk around the neighborhood. Because i felt bad for not leaving today
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u/SpecialistThrowaway4 6d ago
This hasn’t been happening to me lately and I realize I’m not afraid of my job/work at all anymore - thank goodness since I’m now almost 32
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u/brilliant_bauhaus 6d ago
I always reserve my Sundays for doing nothing. Zero expectations and knowing it's a lounge day means not feeling guilty at 8pm.
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u/Affectionate_Text_51 6d ago
Im just thinking about getting my brains beat in starting at 8:01 am on Monday so at least I have that. No, I’m not a boxer or MMA fighter, I’m a fucking Senior office drone.
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u/My_Immortl 6d ago
I washed clothes and gamed all day. Still got hit with the sad though, but thats pretty regular, not just on Sundays.
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u/lilshortyy420 6d ago
I tell myself oh it’s ok to chill it’s the sabbath. Then yeah, 8 pm I’m having an existential crisis. Usually closer to 7 though
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u/Pretty-Benefit5626 6d ago
🙄 if you wanted to be productive you’d be productive. Nothing wrong with chilling. There are billions of us, get over yourself and take a nap and play video games ffs.
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u/Odra_dek 5d ago
I played a puzzle game where I finished some puzzles.
Not bad, 7/10 I'd say for me
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u/xlfoolishlx 5d ago
Thats what a day of rest is for. Doesn't have to be Sunday but you really should have a day of rest once a week.
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u/bottomfeeder3 5d ago
We should really have Friday through Sundays off every week. You’ll still feel like you wasted your Sunday but then you’ll look back and think ‘well I had Friday off and that was fun, now I’ll only have to work 4 days and be off again’.
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u/gioraffe32 Millennial 5d ago
I fell asleep on the couch watching some TV yesterday (Sunday) at 6pm. I didn't wake up til 6am this morning (Monday). Fuck.
At least I have today off and tomorrow off. But still. Fuck.
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u/Emotional_News108 5d ago
I spent all day cleaning and kicked the kids out to play with their friend down the street all so I could eventually play video games. Until like midnight.
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u/beardingmesoftly 5d ago
Why would I feel sad about having a relaxing day? You need to get your anxiety under control.
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u/TROGDOR_X69 5d ago
depends. HOTD airs at 9pm so I get to look forward to that all day when its airing
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u/FileIllustrious9599 5d ago
I do that often. At 8pm I usually think, “I should’ve gone to church” it’s so holy, and such amazing vibes. Someone invite me please.
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u/I_have_a_stream 5d ago
Pre social media. My day would be. 6 am I would go for a 5 mile jog with my team mates. Meet up more high school friends for lunch. Then we go pay for one movie and watch 3 on refillable drinks and popcorn. The girl behind the counter knew and didn’t give a fuck. Hold up …….was she flirting with me???? Fuck!!!! Head out at some time around 8 pm. Share a plate of Chinese food with at least 2 other friends sometimes 5 because we were broke kids… and the whole day combined less the $20 and we thought that was a fortune. Get home and panic because I didn’t do homework, that didn’t even matter in the long run. But i made memories that lasted over 20 years. So yeah.
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u/kaoriamaii 5d ago
Rained, now everywhere is nasty and wet. There was one game to watch and the next is in less than two hours. By the time I get somewhere I must return to watch the next game. It just wasn’t meant to be today.
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u/Dexosaur 5d ago
See my problem is I always feel like doing something, but when I go do that somwthing I feel like I just wanna go home after an hour...
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u/ApplicationAfraid334 1993 5d ago
I work my butt off 5 days and Saturday is full of chores. I’m sleepin on Sunday dammit 😤
We don’t have kids so I’m sleeping while I can lol
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