Waiting for something to happen

Scanlas The 2nd

I've heard a good few people say they are waiting for something to happen in their life but they don't know what. It's like they are waiting to start enjoying their life. They're all still waiting though, this abstract thing to happen never actually happens whatever it is. Anyone identify with this?

CardBordWindow

Logical Fallacy

Nope. I make **** happen.

chin_grin

It's easy to pass the blame on to something external like the wish of something to conveniently fall in to their lap.

This is what most people do though (myself included....somewhat) instead of going out and doing what you want you end up daydreaming about it.

It's a terribly self-destructive mindset to have though.

FatherLen

CardBordWindow wrote: »

couldn't agree more.

teol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8EGCC9NNvo

Big Nasty

'No fate but what you make'















































Sarah Connor, 1991.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I'm waiting to win the lotto, i've my list on what to spend it on ready to put into action as soon as it happens. I just wish it would happen sooner rather than later. If i disappear from boards and have given no reason then you'll know that i won it....Cant wait.

LeeHoffmann

so if people are waiting for 'something' to happen and they don't know what that 'something' is, how will they know if it happens?

stormcloud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54EEpdv9q8

NSFW (language)


The wise words of Lester from "The Wire"

py2006

I can identify with this!

smokedeels

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I've heard a good few people say they are waiting for something to happen in their life but they don't know what. It's like they are waiting to start enjoying their life. They're all still waiting though, this abstract thing to happen never actually happens whatever it is. Anyone identify with this?

That sounds very similar to the feeling a person gets when they need to sneeze but just can't quite make themselves.

Dravokivich

It's like the moment when yer waiting for the second pour yeah?

W.Shakes-Beer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKueHdKJ0jg

starlit

Read the book 'the secret' very good....power of positive thinking and everything positive will be attracted to you as in law of attraction!

chin_grin

doovdela wrote: »

Read the book 'the secret' very good....power of positive thinking and everything positive will be attracted to you as in law of attraction!

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mathie

doovdela wrote: »

Read the book 'the secret'

No chance!

Fortune tellers, Magicians, Religion, Mediums, Novels like 'The Secret'.

All cack.

starlit

Read a book on positive thinking, isn't positive thinking better than being negative all the time, it make you unhappy otherwise. If waiting for something to happen you be waiting a long time so best to do something about it at least...;)

orourkeda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzzR-3PPqw

LeeHoffmann

isn't positive thinking better than being negative all the time

that bit's good, but it basically claims that you can control the world with your mind

chin_grin

doovdela wrote: »

Read a book on positive thinking, isn't positive thinking better than being negative all the time, it make you unhappy otherwise. If waiting for something to happen you be waiting a long time so best to do something about it at least...;)

There are far better books than that heap of crap "the secret".

But I agree, a change of mind set will help. Instead of thinking about what you could have done, why aren't you doing it now? <faps>

LeeHoffmann wrote: »

that bit's good, but it basically claims that you can control the world with your mind

Well you can control your perception of it................Mr Anderson.

Oh! Psycho Cybernetics. That ones' good too.

mikom

♫ Life is what happens when your busy making other plans ♫

fonecrusher1

As the old saying goes - A rolling stone....is worth two in the bush.

stovelid

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I've heard a good few people say they are waiting for something to happen in their life but they don't know what. It's like they are waiting to start enjoying their life. They're all still waiting though, this abstract thing to happen never actually happens whatever it is. Anyone identify with this?

No but it's given me a great idea for an Absurdist two-act play though.

chin_grin

stovelid wrote: »

No but it's given me a great idea for an Absurdist two-act play though.

Be sure to break the fourth wall. They love it when you do that. Simple, simple, people. Aw.

gonedrinking

teol wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8EGCC9NNvo

thats such an underated movie, literally every line in it is perfection

foxyboxer

I know plenty of people who just can't seem to get over their own inertia.
They just need to set themselves goals. As humans, we are goal orientated.


Is it that are stuck on the earn-spend cycle treadmill? i.e. have no interests other than, working, drinking, x factor, rinse-wash-repeat?

What did W.Churchill say? "The safest place for a ship is in the harbour, but that is not what ships are for" :cool:

CardBordWindow

FatherLen wrote: »

couldn't agree more.

Have you tried?

stovelid

foxyboxer wrote: »

Is it that are stuck on the earn-spend cycle treadmill?

If you're not, I assume you're unemployed, live off your parents or you're a criminal?

Latchy

stovelid wrote: »

No but it's given me a great idea for an Absurdist two-act play though.

you could call it something like ...Waiting For Godot .

chin_grin

Latchy wrote: »

you could call it something like ...Waiting For Godot .

I read "Gobots".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXB4wvqCPBU

Mr Benevolent

No, I've had plenty happen. I enjoy my life as it is and am happy.

Latchy

Irish Comedian Mick McCartney was once asked on TV AM if the Irish had the equivialent to the Spanish word 'Manana '

( it means maybe this will be done tomorrow ,maybe the day after , maybe next week ,perhaps next month ..who cares ? ')

No ,' replied Mick quick as a flash , ' in Ireland we don't have a word to describe that degree of urgency .'

S Connor

Latchy wrote: »

Irish Comedian Mick McCartney was once asked on TV AM if the Irish had the equivialent to the Spanish word 'Manana '

( it means maybe this will be done tomorrow ,maybe the day after , maybe next week ,perhaps next month ..who cares ? ')

No ,' replied Mick quick as a flash , ' in Ireland we don't have a word to describe that degree of urgency .'

I like it haha