adults suck

[newfoundgirlie5]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/opinion/sunday/new-love-a-short-shelf-life.html?pagewanted=1This article speaks to the concept that humans are hard-wired to crave novelty. you get euphoric and a brain full of dopamine when you experience something new and exciting. it leads to awesome things like infatuation and bad things like addiction. this is

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[hybridrainbow00]

(I'm kinda gonna rant here to make my point...and sorry if any of this is incoherent.) You're totally right. I know you've been saying that love doesn't have to be boring for years, and I always agreed (not sure if I ever shared that with you!). The same definitely goes for life. I feel the same as you about keeping excitement in your life, and I've been doing that as much as I can over the past few years by taking spontaneous trips that I could barely afford too. To me, that's how you make the best memories and live life to the fullest (in a pretty minimal way). And this year, I still don't have a steady job, but I'm gonna treat myself to another trip to visit my best friend early next year because why shouldn't I? And the same goes for anyone else in a similar position in life -- why the hell shouldn't you have as much fun as when you were a kid? I've been asking myself that for YEARS now, but everything's so different and serious now with most of my friends. My dad and sister told me not to do these things; they're EXACTLY

[rpgi]

I love you boo :)

[finding_helena]

I think the main problem with that, though, is that sometimes when you are plodding along a certain path it's because it's just not. feasible. at. all. to shake it up. I still think that should be a cue to try to make even a little change so you can appreciate what you have and where you are. It could also be because you are anticipating being somewhere better soon and to do that you have to plow through where you are