As a recovering eternal optimist, I’ve just resigned myself to stop hoping and accept that my adult life will never be as I imagined it. 😂 If things get better, it’ll just be a nice (and VERY) welcome surprise. But it’s too exhausting for me to keep trying and clawing to attain longterm financial stability, especially now that I’m disabled. 🖤🫂
2025-07-15 23:17:44
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elseedubya :
I embraced optimistic nihilism somewhere around 28, about 11 years ago now. And I mean like running through a meadow in slow motion embraced. I was terrified I’d never have a stable career, a husband and a home with a mortgage and a two car garage, 2.5 kids and some pets… and I don’t. In more than a decade I still don’t have any of that. I’m still here. I’m happy more often now than I was then. That’s one thing I can have for free and no one else can take from me.
2025-07-16 00:09:33
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