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Rossall
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Today, 1:27 pm

My decision making is totally crap. I have a list of bad decisions I've made including turning down good accomodation, walking out of good jobs. My latest f**k up is getting a new mobile phone when I already had a perfectly good one.

It's a bit depressing.


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Today, 1:36 pm

When was the last time you walked out of a good job?

Poor mental health can lead to bad decision making and we don't choose to be mentally ill.



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Today, 1:38 pm

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When was the last time you walked out of a good job?.


1992. I was repairing mobile phones on the night shift. I really regret walking out now and I gave up the job I had afterwards due to depression.


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Today, 1:39 pm

Was that the last job you had, Rossall?



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Today, 1:41 pm

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Was that the last job you had, Rossall?
No, I did security work in 1999 and some voluntary work in 2016. Have worked about 5 years in total.


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Today, 1:48 pm

Have you still got your old phone mate


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Today, 1:50 pm

I screwed up the charging connection trying to the back off so it's now in the bin.


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Today, 1:53 pm

Bummer

I hope you can get it sorted soon


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Today, 1:55 pm

To be fair I made a poor decision buying this phone but it was cheap so you get what you pay for but I hate it if I'm honest


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Today, 1:56 pm

Rossall wrote:
blitzkrieg wrote:
Was that the last job you had, Rossall?
No, I did security work in 1999 and some voluntary work in 2016. Have worked about 5 years in total.


Fair play.



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Today, 1:57 pm

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To be fair I made a poor decision buying this phone but it was cheap so you get what you pay for but I hate it if I'm honest


Is that the cheap smartphone you mentioned before?



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Today, 1:59 pm

Yeah I mean it's perfectly adequate and I play on here with it all day and it works really well but I don't like the weight of it and the camera isn't really up to much

But on the bright side no one's gonna rob it off me


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Today, 2:00 pm

babybird wrote:
Yeah I mean it's perfectly adequate and I play on here with it all day and it works really well but I don't like the weight of it and the camera isn't really up to much

But on the bright side no one's gonna rob it off me


I used to have a cheap Nokia smartphone but the internet on it was really slow and the camera was rubbish as well.



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Today, 2:08 pm

I think decisions are hard to make because when you make a decision it's like a commitment in a way and then when it turns out that you've made a mistake you feel frustrated with yourself but then you'll be ok after a bit


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Today, 4:32 pm

I'm not OK with it though. I beat myself up over bad decisions I made over 30 years ago


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Today, 4:44 pm

Rossall wrote:
I'm not OK with it though. I beat myself up over bad decisions I made over 30 years ago


It sounds like you are experiencing rumination, Rossall.