Last night I had Jersey Mike's for dinner, and it made me feel like a piece of shit

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smurfco

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The sandwich itself was OK I guess, a philly cheese steak, but just the fact that I'm sitting here eating garbage and wasting away in an empty apartment day after day after day at the age of 39 with no prospect for any sort of escape just really got to me. I wish I could blame it all on the pandemic, and that's a lot of it, but even without the pandemic I have the feeling that I am wasting / have wasted my life and have very little to show for it or to keep me occupied. And sitting on the sofa eating that fucking sandwich with a side of Doritos really hammered home just how miserable I am.

How are you?
 
smurfco said:
The sandwich itself was OK I guess, a philly cheese steak, but just the fact that I'm sitting here eating garbage and wasting away in an empty apartment day after day after day at the age of 39 with no prospect for any sort of escape just really got to me. I wish I could blame it all on the pandemic, and that's a lot of it, but even without the pandemic I have the feeling that I am wasting / have wasted my life and have very little to show for it or to keep me occupied. And sitting on the sofa eating that fucking sandwich with a side of Doritos really hammered home just how miserable I am.

How are you?
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Are you my son? You sound just like him.
 
What about taking a couple small steps...like cutting out the fast food for a month or two?

This whole pandemic experience has taken a toll on everyone's mental health and it can be tempting to indulge you guilty pleasures to excess.
 
I felt like that two days ago, plus I was also tired with chronic back and hand pain.
I went outside and an hour later, I felt alive again. For me, a simple bike ride. A walk in the woods or on a beach would have had the same positive results.

Find your happy place and escape. Rinse. Repeat as needed.

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I like Jersy Mike's. Though, last time I went, a car slammed into me as I was leaving, so I haven't been back. I don't blame the sandwich.

Sorry you're down Charles. I've gone through this a few times in my life, and it sucks. I started with making a really long list of all the things I wanted to accomplish/change, sorted by easiest and order of operation. It helped me (especially in 1999, when I just went HAM on life changes).

Are you happy with your job?
 
Is Jersey Mike's a better sub than Jersey Giant?

And why does every sub shop have to mention Jersey? Isn't New Jersey a hell-hole? Why not some more wholesome state, like Vermont Mike's, or Wyoming Mike's ?
 
Lerxst said:
What about taking a couple small steps...like cutting out the fast food for a month or two?

This whole pandemic experience has taken a toll on everyone's mental health and it can be tempting to indulge you guilty pleasures to excess.
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I'm going to agree with this. I can easily fall into the "eating my stress" category myself but staying away from fast food(and junk food at home) helps me quite a bit. Also, small amounts of exercise (when we can't go for bike rides I usually just walk around the block with my son). In our house we have to structure some time for this because it's very easy to fall into a bunker mentality.
 
tiger roach said:
Any interest in cooking more? It could help with your morale as well as your diet.
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This, I did 99% of the cooking pre-COVID, now Mrs JBJ does a tonne, plus baking and makes all sorts of great flatbreads and I got to try lots of new recipes and stuff I wouldn't have tried before.

Great life skill plus it's actually a pretty good time waster if you're working from home and struggling to fill your days.
 
I'm pretty much right there with you, other than the jersey mikes. Exercise and getting outside definitely helps for me. not to mention antidepressants (although I think it's important to mention antidepressants, as well as therapy; destigmatizing mental health issues and all that. Venting to a bunch of online guitar weirdos is surprisingly good too.)
 
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Next time, go with the #13 The Original Italian. Get it Mike's way with mustard and peppercinis.

Seriously though. I dig your tunes man. That older video with the bottle of pills bouncing around in the video was epic. I applaud your passion for music. I rather enjoyed your comic with uncle whats his name on the boat too. I would read that comic. The video of you crying to that commercial was hilarious. Life is hard. Keep doing it the Smurfco way.
Oh yeah....aren't you the state crossword puzzle champ? That's nothing to sneeze at. Whatever the fuck that means.
 
tiger roach said:
Any interest in cooking more? It could help with your morale as well as your diet.
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That was gonna be my recommendation, learning how to cook and/or improving your skills is a fun and useful hobby and it keeps you out of the Arby’s.

Plus if you’re working from home, it can greatly improve your day to spend your lunch hour whipping up some cookies or spending the day roasting a turkey for the week.
 
yabba said:
Exercise and getting outside definitely helps for me. not to mention antidepressants (although I think it's important to mention antidepressants, as well as therapy; destigmatizing mental health issues and all that. Venting to a bunch of online guitar weirdos is surprisingly good too.)
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Every word of this.
 
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