Events in the past few years (from global to personal) have me thinking that the only way the aggravations of life on planet earth (from runaway climate change to lost credit cards) are ever worth it is if you have a robust (even if tiny) investment in a future you want to get to
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I wish we as a species were better at doing this sort of thing at every scale. We seem to suck at it above individual/family scale. Community groups for example, seem only capable of hedonistic partying or bureaucratic parades and things.
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Your future is only as real as the little things you plant in it to look forward to, creating a gentle tug of anticipation to keep your inner clock ticking. If all you do everyday is deal with exhausting crap of daily life and responsible long-term crap, life is not worth it.
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"Living in the moment" is, neurologically speaking, bullshit. We're not creatures of the transient present. We have dopamine-driven striatum allowing us to live in stories rather than impressionistic scenes. That's a feature, not a bug. One meant to be used.
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wait till they're totally dry before watering them again(!!!), make sure the pot has holes in it or there's plenty of rocks for drainage in the bottom, don't put them on radiator shelves, make sure they get enough light source: I've killed a lot of succulents
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I hesitated to tweet anything along those lines because I know what it's like to receive too much unsolicited advice, but for me Reddit was a good resource for learning how to take care of them. I still sometimes end up making mistakes by watering during the wrong growing season.
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