I have told myself that I will pick myself up just once more that I have been knocked down. I am 70. It has worked so far.

Other people have their issues, that doesn't affect my view of myself. When I accepted the views others had of me, I was miserable.

I accept that it's a part of life. I treat myself and others with kindness. I do the best I can, do what I can do and leave the rest.

After almost 60 years, I expect it, but I fight back these days.

I find listing my options to be somewhat helpful. As long as you have a life, there is something you can do with it.

Things that have always been on my list that I've never gotten to yet;

Employment on a cruise ship (as a janitor probably)

Merchant marine.

Wandering landscaper

Traveling ranch hand (janitor that can rope a steer)

Certification as a windmill maintenance mechanic

Welder

Millwright (jack of all trades for a factory).

Plumber (janitor with a wrench)

Septic tank maintenance (somebody has to do it)

Mortician

You get the idea, there's always something you can do to live. Making enough to hold on to stuff .... Yeah, well that's a personal complication we all have.

But throw on top of that something I learned from the experience of watching others. ... If you know enough to BS your way into a job you don't know how to do, by the time the boss figures out that's what you did, you will know how to do the job. It's amazing, I've never done that, but I've seen it happen enough times to know it is true.

Good luck!!

Some days it is tough as hell, and today was one of those days. For me, I keep going cuz I want my kids to be proud of me, to set an example for them and for the grandbabies. After bit I'm going to go have a sweet alcoholic frozen drink that is in my freezer as an impulse purchase (I did not notice the 42 grams of sugar when I bought it!!! ) And I might have some other relaxing activities, wallow in my misery for a bit, and then hope I sleep good and get up and try again tomorrow. Tomorrow is a new day, maybe a miracle will happen. Probably not, but maybe, hopefully it will be better than today. And hell, tomorrow is Friday, if it goes to hell like today did then at least I have the weekend to recoup.

Me, I learned a long time ago to love me and that at the end of the day people do care but I'm the only one that can have any true effect on my life. Where I wanna go what I wanna do and what I accomplish in life is based on my actions alone............hope I'm not getting to deep but I tried to overdose myself a long time ago. I wrote a letter for my mom apologizing for my decision, and gave. Her my bank info. Luckily I woke up the next morning, before anyone else and I threw the note away. That whole day at work I contemplated about why am I still here, and I realized why. Up until that point I wasn't living for me, most of my earnings went to help everyone else and I wasn't getting anywhere in life. I WASN'T living for me. That night it changed, I decided to live for me. From that point steadily my life has gotten better. My goals, my aspirations, and my past accomplishments keep me moving. My future keeps me going,.

Life is struggle, it's the moments that make it worth while. You never know which moments or when they come.

I won't let them win. The sweetest revenge is surviving, and flourishing, despite the set backs. Sometimes when I'm forced to reflect on the totality of the negative things I've endured, I think it's just so unfair. But then I remind myself that I am indeed a Bad Ass and laugh. Currently I'm eating all my feelings, but I'll bounce back.

Mix up the routine. All the things that give you short-term comfort are not helping you get back on top. They're keeping you sane, but you've got to avoid your comfort zone if you're going to get back on top. Move your home, change your job, ditch the bad bf/gf, volunteer at a shelter, join a group that does an activity you enjoy, find something new you can enjoy.

I am in the process of a late in life complete change where I have sold, trashed, given away, donated everything I owned except four suite cases I will be taking with me for moving across country. I sold my house, made some hard decisions that were a long time coming. In this process, every possible obstacle and road block and delay that I could imagine is happening on the way to my dream.

I'm not giving up. I am fighting through every gauntlet that has been thrown down. I am moving forward. The alternative is not an option. I'm going for it and not looking back.

I have things that I’m working towards. If something happens I just change my plans but I don’t give up.

Connections with people that care about you!

I just do it. The only thing keeping me down is me.

I think we see the world from different perspectives.

A stiff drink, some weed, and some magic mushrooms. Works every time!

This is a lesson that took me quite a while to learn because I've had to re-train my thought patterns to learn it, so I'm going against my intuition. Per my experience, figure out what is under your control to change and focus as much as possible on that. Also, remind yourself from time to time that it's OK to ask for help, and that you're not expected to manage everything perfectly.

Sometimes you just have to keep on keepin' on. I always remember there are people far worse off than I, and somehow they seem to struggle through. No matter how bad things seem at the time, it could be worse, much worse. I have so many things to be grateful for; more than some, less than others. I'm not rich, don't have many possessions, and I'm no Rock Hudson, or George Clooney, lookswise, but hey, I have enough $$ to live on, good health, family and friends and dogs. What more could a guy want?

To spite the world, the universe, and (primarily) other people.

Don't get desperate, get angry. Anger - especially of the "how dare they" kind - is a great booster and motivator

Sheer bloody-mindedness. I won't give them or it the satisfaction of having beaten down another human being. It takes a while sometimes, but I do get back up.

I wrap my scrapes in duct tape and keep going.

Long walks in nature help. Also, remembering you have friends who care about you (even ones in England you've never met in real life). Perhaps write? You're a very intelligent person and your posts on here about the environment and pollution are always interesting - I'd definitely read your blog is you started one!

Sometimes with difficulty, sometimes easily. I have no explanation as why 1 is more difficult than the other. I heard this somewhere "Life is like a s#!t sandwich -- take a bit or starve".

We live in a universe where entropy rules, therefore we should always expect everything to fail, decay, and fall apart. Nothing can escape it for long.