Looking back

[Salar]

Man... This forum is like a time capsule!

I was bored at work so being a narcissistic, self loving twat that i am, i started looking back at my threads from the past. It's funny because alot of the shit i had completely forgotten about (funnily enough, most of them were female related)

But i realised there were lessons in this.. and let me explain.
History repeats itself. Your life will go in cycles.
For example... in 2005 my gf broke up with me and so i started becoming a whore bag. our breakup was tough.. but needed to be done..
In 2008.. same thing has happend after a long term relationship. This time i broke it off.. but was much more mature in how i dealt with the situation. I decided single life was for me again but i just don't care like i used to.

Your biggest problems now.. don't really matter in the long term
we get so caught up in shit from the moment.. that it doesn't really matter in the end. Looking back.. a girl that was fucking with my head, a situation with a friend, some random i have my eye on.. whatever.. it just doesn't matter now... life goes on. So stop stressing out about shit and relax. Sooner or later it doesn;t really matter.

People grow.. but people dont change
i played with fire.. i got burnt.. sure i learned my lesson and won't play with fire again.. but that doesn't mean i won't pick up knives tomorrow.

We're all idiots
3 years ago.. i knew it all and laughed at the ignorance of my teenage years. Now.. i laugh at the ignorance of my early 20's.. and tomorrow, i'll laugh at how stupid i was today.. Accept that your an idiot, and the longer you live, the more you'll realise just how much of an idiot you are.

I recommend everybody to try this.. it's absolutely fascinating.. go look at your posts and threads from the very beginning..

 

[Preach]

I appreciate the sentiments and agree with many things you say, but the matter of being highly aware of current "problems" is not just an evil that roots in the misconception that you vividly remember all the negative things that happen to you forever. I wanted to comment on that for some reason. The human memory is not meant to be a mirror of the past, it is supposed to be a tool for a much more important brain task: predicting what comes next. Being caught up in a current problem that you know will become obsolete in the future, even when you sit on this knowledge, is a consequence of how the brain/predictability features of the brain work. Most people know that certain problems aren't really a big deal, but the human brain is programmed to always have the most focus on what's happening right now. Humankind will never get over this and "stop worrying".

Also, laughing back is one way to react to thoughts you no longer agree with, but there are other ways. I look back and realize why I was thinking what I was thinking, and it makes sense to me. I don't think I was stupid, I was just in a different situation, and thus I don't really laugh at what I said. More so, I smile in appreciation of my own personal growth.

Other than that, I agree that looking back on thoughts is a good way to progress. Most people probably think it's geeky, but that's one of the points in keeping a journal/diary.

 

[Salar]

i completely agree.. i think I’ve simplified everything way too much and it’s never that easy.
But i completely agree and solemnly believe that we’re just people walking backwards towards our future and the only thing guiding us is what’s in front of us… our past! (I don’t know if that made sense).
I guess what i was trying to say is.. don't lose any sleep over your problems today, tomorrows another day.. and tomorrow you'll have different problems! but again i'm over simplifying things.

As for laughing about our past. I guess that’s just a personal thing. I don’t think I was an idiot perse.. I just look at how much I’ve grown since then. How much has happened since then. And how much I didn’t know back then. I was a bit dramatic in calling myself an idiot.. but you do have to laugh at your ignorance (and by ignorance I don’t mean how much of an idiot you are, but how much you didn’t know compared to now.. if that makes any sense)

 

[Jokerman]

3 years ago.. i knew it all and laughed at the ignorance of my teenage years. Now.. i laugh at the ignorance of my early 20's.. and tomorrow, i'll laugh at how stupid i was today..

All my posts from the past are exactly the same as they would be now. I've never been ignorant. I was born all knowing and wise.

3 years ago.. i knew it all and wept at the omniscience of my teenage years. Now.. i weep at the omniscience of my early 20.. and tomorrow, i'll weep at how smart i was today..

 

[Eric]

Congrats on 10,000. Thanks for the shoutout.

 

[Bender]

... We're all idiots ...

Speak for yourself.

 

[Salar]

Congrats on 10,000. Thanks for the shoutout.

no worries buddy:laugh:

 

[Sebastian]

People grow.. but people dont change
i played with fire.. i got burnt.. sure i learned my lesson and won't play with fire again.. but that doesn't mean i won't pick up knives tomorrow.

Im not sure about this one. I think there are people who change, a lot.

 

[7 Syns]

People do change, it just all comes down to how much will power you have over yourself.

peac3.

 

[7 Syns]

BTW you still in Brisbane you pimp mac daddy casanova, you?

peac3.

 

[Salar]

yeah i'm still up in brisbane dude.. where u at?
I'm living in Newstead at the woolstore apartments... playing at GPO, Met, Barsoma and other places..
U should come out sometime dude.. i'll be at Barsoma and GPO on friday then i'll be at Family on saturday night. Having a bday party this saturday during the day at my joint as well so u should come down.

 

[Maverick]

We're all idiots
3 years ago.. i knew it all and laughed at the ignorance of my teenage years. Now.. i laugh at the ignorance of my early 20's.. and tomorrow, i'll laugh at how stupid i was today.. Accept that your an idiot, and the longer you live, the more you'll realise just how much of an idiot you are.

dude thats awesome. great thread.