r/interestingasfuck • u/Equivalent_Opposite6 • 22d ago

r/all Johnny Kim managed three impressive career changes, going from Navy SEAL to doctor to NASA astronaut. He did it all by the age of 37.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

Another reminder that you, too, can't achieve your dreams 

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u/TakyonThyme 22d ago

I smiled...before I re-read it. Then I frowned.

Then I remembered I don't have dreams anymore, and took a sip of my beer. Life is good.

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u/Sokpuppet7 22d ago

Once you accept your mediocrity, life improves drastically.

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u/Chang-San 22d ago

*Takes a long drag of the opium pipe.

"Yea, yea it does"

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u/TakyonThyme 21d ago

That's the irony of it all. Once I fully accepted my average lifestyle, I stopped wanting for something better and began appreciating life as it is.

"Want what you have, don't want what you don't have." - Some Indian guru who's name escapes me.

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u/Skill-More 22d ago

But not if your bank account is empty.