'I used to hate talking on the phone and was rather anxious about it.   But I found the cure: I work in a call centre (inbound!) since July this year. And I never had a problem with the phone since...|||I second that. I don't want to sound elitist or something, but I couldn't imagine learning the violin all by myself. With other instruments it seems possible (guitar/ukulele for example or harmonica...|||I want to be an instrument maker, especially of violins. I could even study it at an university. Music instruments are, for me, the most important invention of humanity. I couldn't imagine a more...|||Most happy: To be alive! I am so glad to be alive! Seriously, I am an INFP who just recently cried in awe before the beauty and wonders of life. I am alive. And what a wonder that is! Even suffering...|||Thanks for the link. Sounds pretty much like my view. :wink: I think, any step in that direction is good. So yes, if we have to go through a form of large-scale socialism that isn't totalitarian we...|||Maybe I am missing something, where did he write about running away from his problems?  Actually, living in a commune would be a sensible response. It shows the people in the future that there are...|||I know of two really great books concerning this topic: The Moneyless Manifesto (which can be legally read for free !) - the author actually lives completely or almost without any money. and How...|||Yes of course it does, but so does socialism (at least no attempt to establish socialism was free of totalitarianism). If you get that working without some state or politicians fucking things up it...|||I wouldn't count on that. Industrialization also was intended to give us shorter working hours, since machines are taking our workload. But the opposite happened and we became more and more like the...|||@Dawn of the Light Socialism is the other side of the same coin as capitalism. I say toss that coin, which is work, into a well and wish for an -ism that isn't focused on work but on living well. ...|||Simply amazing! And true.  Melancholy is a part of me I wouldn't miss for any money or whatnot. I once thought it was depression and has to be cured, but no. But of course it shouldn't get out...|||Anarchism !|||@ficsci : Now don't make me question my choice. :tongue:  Actually some women like beards and some don't. (And some like babyfaces.) C'est la vie.  If I listened to everyone's opinion, neglecting...|||You are welcome.   I probably could go on and on about this. But you know what? That doesn't do much to fix it. It raises some awareness here and there, but that's it. It is likely that I will talk...|||Charl D. Source. I think it is fine for this thread, since your post made me quite happy. :)|||For some time I was sincerely pissed because every meter of land, be it arable or other, seems to be owed by companies or by state (and the state even owns the land that is in private ownership,...|||I believe you don't find love and maybe you don't even find a task in life. Love is something you do to and for yourself and than to/for others. So, first, be more loving to yourself...|||Can relate. Everyone guesses me younger than I am (I'm 26). A fellow student once guessed that I'm 20 or younger... Once an older woman and her child drove by with their bikes and she told her son to...|||I think I am pretty self-loving right now. It isn't always like that, though.  It is somewhat easy to love myself. Just do something good for me. For me this is meditating, playing violin/ukulele,...|||I'm 26, now.  Early 20's I had my melt down and questioned my existence, since then it is years and years of 'finding' my way of life and restructuring myself. I declined a job offer and went back...|||Sei gegrüßt flo.  Have you contacted the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung of your federal state? They have lists of therapists who are currently free or have a short waiting list. I contacted my KV...|||Thank you  @attic  ! I was looking for nutrients of eggs but couldn't find it. Two to four eggs a day sounds a bit much for me, practically. Even as a former omnivore and someone who liked eggs I...|||Lost count when I started, but must be almost two years ago, when I became vegetarian. That was an easy transition as I never really ate much meat and never ate fish. Going for vegan was (and is) a...|||I wrote a classmate some relatively simple eMails and he later said Man... you can write! (In German, though, so don't judge me on my English :tongue:). At school I had very good grades in German...|||Bought an ukulele yesterday. My fingers hurt like hell (even though I play violin for two years) but I can't stop playing. :)|||I love you :unsure:|||Would just need around 10-30.000 (maybe even just a 1000, depending on what house to build) to build a low-cost zero-energy house large enough to keep some books (from donations?) and offer some...|||I only know of the Donald Duck Anti-Nazi film. (search youtube for Der Fuehrer's Face; Der  by the way is the wrong article, it should be Das)|||I was bad at maths till my 10th grade. Years later I went back to school to get my Abitur (which are another three years, in my case). That years I was best in class and best in maths with a straight...|||I guess Philosophical, even though I recently found my love for music.  1) What is your current profession/career/job? Unemployed but I am trained as a software developer.  2) On a scale of 1 -...|||As for the facts: Money is just pieces of paper or different round metals with numbers and little pictures printed on (or for worse: 1s and 0s in some computers) and money is a meme. This are the...|||In 3rd grade I set a goal which stuck for maybe 10 years. Than I had a major crisis, deep depression, feelings of emptiness as I questioned and finally abandoned that goal.  I for myself have...|||I never described myself as a feminist (and I probably never will). Although I have been 'accused' (actually I was called brainwashed) to be one on the internet.|||*how long have you been single? 26 years (which also is my age...)  *are you choosing to be single? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Currently no.  *how do you feel about being single? At first...|||âx80x98The fallacy of decreasing global povertyâx80x99 according to Lehmann The dollar loses worth, therefore the definition of poverty at $1.25 seems rather unappealing. Also I don't know if I can trust...|||That is true. Regardless whom you are talking to.|||Poverty is the worst form of violence.  (Gandhi) and as the gap between rich and poor is - according to media  coverage or 'common' sense - getting bigger by the minute I would rather  deny your...|||@cardinalfire: I believe you have understood what my question is (or was). And I think you may very likely be right in that I over analyse this. And this question may seem very stupid but that is...|||@cruka & @yippy: I am trying to get more into contact with my intuition. I am more or less an active meditator.   @Mike75: I also like that quote. Thanks for sharing.   @Draumande Romvesen: This...|||@CosmicYeti: I can understand what you say and it likely is very true. But as always with matters of truth it is only part of it. Of course there is an evolutionary explanation for everything we do....|||I really thank you all for replying.  @yippy: My intuition is a funny thing if it tells me what to do without explanation. :tongue:  Maybe I am just afraid to be hurt or to waste my energy again....|||Thanks for your reply :)  I am kind of certain that it is worth it. I once had a friend that I loved like a brother (I would have given my life if I had to save his), so deep down I know it is...|||Hey there!  I am very deep in hermit mode right now. A few months ago I had the chance to befriend a lot of people, given the setting, but I had no interest in that. I still have no friends right...|||I want to throw in the books Your Money or your Life and The Richest Man in Babylon as they really helped me with my mindset about money.  Money on itself has only the meaning of life-energy:...|||I like maths and physics to the point of going to university and studying maths first then switching to physics later.  But I seem to be unable to grasp structured learning. It is like my first...|||Well, isn't this entire site build on stereotypes? The MBTI, Enneagram and even the Big 5 (I suppose) are all about 'stereotypes'. If I remember correctly Jung said that typing isn't about pushing...|||Just to be sure: You don't want to say that light years are a value of time? (Because it isn't)  And just to be even more sure: trillions of light years is metaphorical right? (Because the size...|||I can relate a lot.   I once pursued a path for almost my entire life (which means like 15 years or something) to see no use to it in the end. I 'quitted' my promising beginning career and went...|||Ich liebe meine Muttersprache - die Sprache Goethes, Hesses, Heines, Freuds, Jungs, Frankls und vieler anderer. But strangely I'm reading in and listening to English more often. Must be because the...|||[German and member of the EU]  I am not against 'conservative' morals but I am strictly against any conservative party here in Germany. Pseudo-Conservatives like the Christian Democratic Union...'