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stobors t1_j4dzbyq wrote

Reply to comment by Asisreo1 in [Image] by sparkblue

Haha, yes, but I never called him step-daddy.

He was one of those old-school assholes that I didn't pick up the pearls of wisdom from as a hard-headed stupid teenager.

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aj9393 t1_j4dyc82 wrote

Reply to comment by buwefy in [Image] by sparkblue

That's I why I tend toward the Stoicism view of the world.

The tl:dr version is, discipline is a virtue. Your goal should always be living according to your virtues, therefore you achieve happiness through the act of practicing discipline itself, rather than the outcome of being disciplined. The idea being that you only have control over yourself (being disciplined) but do not have control over externals (whether or not the discipline produces the desired outcome). You shouldn't weigh your happiness on externals which you can't control.

This is a pretty poor write-up to be honest, and really only scratches the surface, but it might be sufficient to get the point across.

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kingtitusmedethe4th t1_j4dmapk wrote

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Cinderredditella t1_j4dm5el wrote

Reply to [Image] by sparkblue

Well that's just rubbing salt in the wound. Literally just stepped off the scale with pain in my heart. At least I had the discipline to stay off smoking, but fuck, I hate myself right now.

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Rackendoodle t1_j4dlspb wrote

Reply to [Image] by sparkblue

Regret is such a useless and pointless emotion. Regret does nothing to change the past and it nothing to help you in the present. Instead, accept your mistake, learn from it, grow as a person, and motivate yourself to do better next time. Dwelling on the past is a waste of time.

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