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I'm the opposite. I essentially plead with people for connections. No one wants to do a god damn thing anymore. It's easier to sit inside and stare at a screen. I want to do stuff and no one else really does.
There are many people who want to go out and do stuff; you haven't met them. I am in my 50s and I spent a couple decades trying to convince the friends I had to be more interested in doing, and I never succeeded. It is clear to me now that I should have been out finding my people who enjoyed the stuff I enjoy, and spending my time with them instead.
Don't be me.
It's just a matter of finding these people when there's not a lot of people interested in leaving the house.
You meet em out of the house is the trick.
Where do you find the energy? I'm so constantly exhausted from dealing with the world and life that I can barely get errands done on weekends. You must be from SEA and away from the news of the impending world war because of a dementia patient and his cavalcade of hate.
I don't know what SEA is. I have kids and hobbies. Get off the fuggin' internet, dude. I'm seriously considering leaving Lemmy now due to the doom and gloom and the acceptance of only one holier than thou opinion on very subjective issues here. The internet is an echo chamber of doom. Negativity sells like sex out here. Get off the internet. Stop staring at screens. It gets easier. News sites profit off your fear and anger, and they will continue to do so while you let them.
Southeast Asia