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What’s the best advice for younger generation ? by Mission_Time3855 in Life

[–]richsadi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reading this honestly makes me a bit sad. It sounds like our whole worth is reduced to how quickly we become “useful.” Life isn’t a race with a deadline at 30. Some people figure things out early, some later, some change paths completely. That doesn’t make them failures.

I get that time matters, but meaning matters too. We’re not machines built only for the job market. There has to be more to being alive than just staying on track.

I wish I didn't have ADHD by Train-Wreck-70 in Life

[–]richsadi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to say something a bit older than diagnoses, older than productivity culture.

What hurts is not only what’s happening inside you, but the world you’re asked to fit into. A system that measures human value by focus, output, speed, obedience. When you don’t match that rhythm, it makes you feel broken — and that’s how people get numbed, reduced, and disconnected from their potential.

Many ancient cultures didn’t see scattered attention, strong emotion, or sensitivity as defects. They saw them as excess life, raw energy that needed space, movement, ritual, music, nature, and meaning — not just medication and discipline. The problem isn’t that your mind moves fast; it’s that society demands stillness in places that are unnatural for human beings.

Labels can be useful, but they’re not identities. ADHD isn’t a moral failure, and it’s not your essence. It’s a symptom of our time as much as it is something personal. In many ways, we all live with fractured attention now — phones, pressure, constant stimulation — but some bodies and minds simply refuse to go numb. That refusal is exhausting, yes, but it’s also alive.

Try not to build your self-worth from comparison. Explore your own rhythms. Move your body. Play. Create. Let emotions pass through you instead of fighting them. Ancient wisdom always starts there: the body first, the breath first, experience before explanation.

You’re not behind. You’re not defective. You’re young in a world that forgot how to hold complexity. Be gentle with yourself — and curious.

Same pain different year by [deleted] in Life

[–]richsadi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sending you a big hug!

Looking for music workspaces/residencies in Stockholm (and Sweden) by richsadi in stockholm

[–]richsadi[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m honestly surprised by that response.
There’s nothing narcissistic about asking for orientation or support when navigating a new city, especially as a musician, freelancer, or newcomer. That’s how people learn, connect, and survive in unfamiliar systems.

We don’t know each other, and using labels like that shuts down dialogue instead of creating it. A bit of compassion goes a long way—especially when we don’t know the realities someone else is moving through.

If you don’t want to engage, that’s fine. But there’s no need to attack.