How to overcome apathy.

On May 18 2009 11:54 Tracil wrote:
Wait for your life to come crashing down around you, and then resolve to never let it happen again.

On May 18 2009 11:56 Kennigit wrote:
The only solution to this is failure. Nothing anyone says or does will make a difference until you have hit rock bottom and have to eat shit to get your life back together. Only then will you appreciate what you had/have.

On May 18 2009 12:02 hyde wrote:




So very true. Your not the only one, I'm sure there are many who feel just like you. The question is do you want to hit rock bottom (often it's not pretty and you would have lost a lot of time, time you could have spent doing something productive)

On May 18 2009 12:04 travis wrote:



explain this rock bottom to me

On May 18 2009 12:08 xJacky wrote:
lol
a 3.0 isn't something to be proud of? 0_0, i mean I've had a 3.8 avg's doing what you were doing...
idk have some motivation. go find a girl you like, or like go exercise and try to get ripped. unless you don't have the motivation to look good or fall in love, then idk.

On May 18 2009 12:08 Bebop Berserker wrote:
If you are truly 100% apathetic I recommend taking potent hallucinogenic drugs. These will rip you out of apathy for the most part. (although this is a last resort as any physical removal to a problem should be.)

On May 18 2009 12:08 funkie wrote:


To find yourself in some place alone, with no friends, no family, no one by your side, and all you have is your self-made happiness and loneliness? maybe?

I'm just talking out of my ass >_<

On May 18 2009 12:11 Bebop Berserker wrote:

And obviously you were not the level of apathetic that I am. I made a 100 on all my tests but my homework is 15-30% in all my classes. Im sure you can do the math. Maybe you got luck and homework counted as 0%???

On May 18 2009 12:13 nemY wrote:


Or maybe just maybe... he's in college where the subject matter is just a bit more intense than it was in hs?

On May 18 2009 12:18 Bebop Berserker wrote:

Im in college lol. College is so easy it makes me cry. Aside from a biology for majors class, All my calculus, physics, english, history, ect. classes have been downright a shame. Although i do enjoy Calculus and physics and our Math department is one of the best.)

I just hate doing homework. Especially in classes where I can listen then take tests with an hour or two of studying + listening hard in class.

On May 18 2009 12:18 Bebop Berserker wrote:

Im in college lol. College is so easy it makes me cry. Aside from a biology for majors class, All my calculus, physics, english, history, ect. classes have been downright a shame. Although i do enjoy Calculus and physics and our Math department is one of the best.)

I just hate doing homework. Especially in classes where I can listen then take tests with an hour or two of studying + listening hard in class.

On May 18 2009 11:49 DeathSpank wrote:
For the past 4 years of my life I've become extremely lazy. I mean I'm smart as hell and manage a 3.0 +gpa without doing minimal homework and no studying at all but it's beginning to become a problem.

On May 18 2009 13:01 DeathSpank wrote:
i shouldn't have said it because it makes me look like a douche, it makes me look like I have a high self esteem. It makes me look insecure, someone who would feed their own ego. You could also argue if you want that I'm not smart because I don't try as hard as I can . Yea I have a shitty attitude can you tell me how to fix it?

On May 18 2009 13:21 micronesia wrote:

If you want to become more mature, you will. But you have to really want it. Not really something we can help you with.

On May 18 2009 12:08 Bebop Berserker wrote:
Lol. I learned a long time ago that apathy is ok....I really do want apathy in my life. Aside from a few passions, I enjoy my apathy just fine.

Having said that I experience the ol' I want to be great kinda bullshit sometimes too. I have recently found a few things in my life that I use my apathy to fuel(apathy gives me the time to do the things I enjoy.). You have to enjoy doing some things. The other things around you treat as you wish. However if you love doing some things, allow passion to flow through you into your work. Before you know it, you will be damn good at something or another and enjoy doing it. At least that's what i hope.

On May 18 2009 12:17 DeathSpank wrote:
no, the thing is growing up all that was expected from me was a B or better. I know I can easily 4.0 but tbh I just don't see the point in it. Also I don't really have a lot of homework and when I have to turn in math hw I just write down the problems and if I can't solve it in less then 30 seconds I just make up some bs and turn it in. I get full credit for it so I don't really care.

On May 18 2009 15:33 DeathSpank wrote:
this really has nothing to do about my grades. I don't deserve a 4.0 because I didn't work for it. Its as simple as that. Intelligence is a product of effort not being "cut out."

On May 18 2009 11:49 DeathSpank wrote:
I mean I'm smart as hell and manage a 3.0 +gpa without doing minimal homework and no studying at all but it's beginning to become a problem.

On May 18 2009 12:17 DeathSpank wrote:
no, the thing is growing up all that was expected from me was a B or better. I know I can easily 4.0 but tbh I just don't see the point in it. Also I don't really have a lot of homework and when I have to turn in math hw I just write down the problems and if I can't solve it in less then 30 seconds I just make up some bs and turn it in. I get full credit for it so I don't really care.

On May 18 2009 16:07 DeathSpank wrote:
where the fuck are you coming from? I'm not calling myself a genius, I'm calling myself smart and it's true(why should I not?). This is the blog section, I'm not fucking parading, nor am I bragging. I'm not calling other people stupid or dumb, as a matter of fact I know for a fact that 90% of the tl community are smart and surely more knowledgeable than me. The point of this blog was overcoming apathy and reaching one's full potential not to brag. What really annoys me are people who take one sentence out of a post and pretend that's all the OP had to say. It's childish.

On May 18 2009 16:52 DeathSpank wrote:
I am smart. I'm not fucking arrogant, I'm confident! Would you rather have everyone go throughout their life thinking "man I am a dumb fuck, holy shit I am so stupid." Nothing makes me special I never claimed to be special. Also why the hell would I brag? what would I gain by bragging on the internet? Yes I do attribute my mediocre grades to apathy. My apathy, ME. I blame myself if you haven't gotten it through your thick skull. I'm trying to improve myself; I'm trying to not be apathetic about shit that should matter a lot more in my life. If that is a dishonorable then so be it. Now I find myself in a flame war.