Now that I am 34, I feel morally obliged to waste less time and energy pitying myself and more time and energy pitying someone else
Plenty of minors under 18:
are homeless
Not enough to eat
Disease, disabilities
Got raped
Child labor
Compared to them I am just a spoiled brat in the United States
For example, not once in my "life", thus far, have I been homeless, not had enough to eat. Gotten raped
Plenty of children live in households that violate the Child Protective services laws
While my "life" has always had problems, nobody lives a perfect life
And there is no absolute definition of perfection
And if it was perfect, then what? Whooptie do
Someone else's life might appear better than mine, but I see only the surface. They could have problems that I do not know about. They do not have to tell me. And I did not spy on them
Besides even if someone else's life is perfect, it is just perfect at that moment
Anyone could get framed for a crime or raped
Now that I am 34 , plenty of people my age have 16 year old children, have PhDs. Doctors lawyers engineers. All sort of high skill job.
Plenty of people got murdered or died from other cause when they were younger than me
My sister's friend's brother dropped dead at age 33
When he was 12 his mom told him that he "stole" orange juice from the fridge and "lied" about it. His punishment was getting grounded to his room six weeks
His mom made him get a job at age 12 and pay her 100 bucks rent per month
But he still enlisted for six year in the Air Force. He got a master's degree in electrical engineering and worked as an electrical engineer
On the surface maybe he appeared to have a good life
He was white, cisgender, skinny, tall, NT and looked normal
But appearance sometimes deceive
So I feel ashamed for not enlisting in the Air Force
And I am not contributing anything positive to the milky way
Indeed I am just a public nuisance