Anyone Else Feel That Some People Take Life Too Seriously?

Like... we only live once. And I see the point of this experience is to relax and enjoy it, not to worry about this or obsess about that.

I mean, of course there are things I care about in this world, but I feel like most people take life more seriously than I do.

In the words of Oscar Wilde (slightly paraphrased, but anyway!) - Life is too important to be taken seriously

Peace out, you cool dudes, you! ^_^

 

Get serious...

 

i know i do. but there's a reason. when people aren't screwing everything up for each other, its easy to just not worry and enjoy. but when they are, when aggressiveness is romantacized and rewarded, and thoughtlessness equated with freedom, that's when the worst things can and too often happen. so yes, i'm paranoid of that. can't help it, i was born that way. seen too much to pretend it isn't so.

yes we could live in a world where we didn't have to worry about anything, where everyone can find gratification without hurting anything, but its up to make it that kind of world, instead of the opposite, that clinging to doing everything wrong, because we've been told everyone always has, is too often doing.

it does help to focus on what could be right instead of what is wrong, because we do go in the direction we look, so i'm not saying akuna matata, or whatever you want to call it, is a bad idea, its just that, don't forget to make sure, your not destroying someone else's very means of existence, or even your own, in the process.

 

I can't find it in myself to take life seriously, because anything other than living life itself is an illusion. What I mean is the things that people take too seriously are often artificial constructs. I am not concerned with anything other than living each day, and not worrying about being something I am not.

 

Hmmmm.... Lemme think a little bit.


I live alone, doing minor construction on my home, cutting down trees for firewood for my heat, running machinery to maintain my property, repairing said machinery, with nobody else around.



Yeah, I had better be serious.

 

I know exactly what you mean

 

Being something other than what I am not - it's so Sirius .

 

Yes

But to me money is everything

Relaxing and enjoying everything

Relaxing come from not having to worry about crazy medical expenses i might need when I'm older, being able to retire early, not having to work for longer, not having to stress about money in the mean time

I see so many people that waste money on shit they dont need, which just ends up translating to money they wont have later on

Money is everything, maybe it shouldnt be that way, but it is.

So as for living day to day, fine once youve got that secure decent job, but if you really mean spending day to day, living like a bum, not earning, then its stupid

 

No, not really.....some people take things and everything in their life seriously...for others it is just fun and games and one big party....nice to have all kinds of people in the world....balance.

as for me, I am a little bit of both. i know when to have fun and I know when to takes things seriously. ...but for the mst part, I am fun loving at heart.

 

Pretty much this exactly. And also a little bit of why VG said. I don't think I'll ever be the type of person to take my job too seriously as long as I'm working for someone else but I can pretend well enough for my boss to give me raises so money doesn't have to be a big stress in my life. It is hard to live a carefree life when your car breaks and you have to choose between groceries or losing your job because you can't drive to work. But of course a lot of those little stressors in life only occur because of this reality humanity has created for itself.

 

This thread isn't funny at all.

 

yep, some people definitely take this thread too seriously.

 

While we only live once it is nice to do so in a comfortable manner.

Having balance in your life as far as responsibilities and down time is one of the most difficult at times to find. People do it all the time and I find they tend to be the ones who are the most content with their lives.

I enjoy the lifestyle (standard of living) my income allows me to have equally as much as I enjoy the "my times" that the same income allows me to have.

 

Thanks for playing ! said Robin Williams .

 

it seems to me, that to live comfortably, and to me that includes a clear conscience, that main part of that, is to not screw everything up for everyone.
no matter what else, each of us are part of everyone too.
if more people were more considerate of each other generally in real life, it would be a lot easier for me to feel safe to take life less seriously.
i know a lot of people are, and maybe most people try to be. at least i hope so.
but a lot of people sadly don't too.
and that's why i can't help being a little more serious then i maybe not always shouldn't to ought.
i would really love to be able to feel comfortable taking life less seriously, but as long as the dominant culture romanticizes aggressiveness, i really don't see how i'm supposed to be able to.

(and if indeed we only live once, it would seem to me, that is all the more reason to take seriously, figuring out how to avoid screwing things up)