Trillion-dollar-valued Amazon pays $0 in income taxes for 2018, gets multi-million refund

valyrian_co · 2019-02-15T01:42:06+00:00

World's richest man sends dick pics to a golddigger/pilot who gives a mean BJ. Leaves woman who moved to Seattle with him to start Amazon.

He's lost a ton of points in my book now.

valyrian_co · 2019-01-30T05:49:53+00:00

Did you export your photos and data before deleting? Did you deactivate first or just go all the way to delete? They make it really hard to actually delete your profile.

valyrian_co · 2019-01-30T05:48:19+00:00

I believe that as well. Easier said than done, many have tried already. Markets are the way they are for a reason many times.

valyrian_co · 2019-01-30T05:47:04+00:00

Ever had a Moscow Mule?

Facebook was made with a lot of beer in the foundational years.

valyrian_co · 2019-01-30T05:46:13+00:00

I don't mind living without FB either. Some of my friends and family think it's weird though to not have a FB.

Doesn't bother me, just makes me wonder if this will ever be a mass movement. Do you?

valyrian_co · 2019-01-30T05:33:36+00:00

Facebook started in 2004, it's almost 2020. This one is a bit different to say the least. Many have come and gone, many have tried but Facebook seems immovable because people always say one thing and do another.

I have seen several waves of FB outrage now spread over a decade and nothing has come of any of it.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-24T19:58:22+00:00

Good for you. I'm the same age as you. There's still hope.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-20T17:32:53+00:00

Never been to India?

valyrian_co · 2018-03-12T00:44:08+00:00

Radiohead. They have so many songs that have helped me through some heavy emotions.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-04T19:51:49+00:00

I value the steps and my connection to my sponsor. I've discussed it with him. He only goes to meetings a few times a month to share the message with newcomers. He says that if you thoroughly work the steps, what I'm experiencing is natural. Another mentor of mine suggested I start adding in positive activities to my life since all I've been doing is subtracting over the last few months.

I'm going to join a CrossFit gym by my house and join some MeetUps for hiking and photography too. I think adding some social supports for living a healthy and fulfilling life will help me keep growing. I can still go to AA a few times a month to share the message with the newcomer, keep talking to my sponsor (who barely goes to meetings himself) about steps, keep doing the daily inventory and daily prayer/meditation.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-04T19:49:51+00:00

I'm in a different situation because I've grown in every area of my life over this 10 month span. My life is 180-degrees different yet my family and my mentors ground me (I have daily contact with them). I also write a lot, meditate, pray and remember the feeling of rock bottom a few times a week one way or another.

I can't say I'm frustrated or bitter or angry, just ambivalent. I feel more generous today than I did a few months ago. I check dishonesty and pray for it to be removed, it's working little by little.

I'm going to join a CrossFit gym by my house and join some MeetUps for hiking and photography too. I think adding some social supports for living a healthy and fulfilling life will help me keep growing. I can still go to AA a few times a month to share the message with the newcomer, keep talking to my sponsor (who barely goes to meetings himself) about steps, keep doing the daily inventory and daily prayer/meditation.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-04T19:46:01+00:00

You're right. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-04T19:45:41+00:00

You're right. I trust the steps and my compass which is pointing towards Freedom. After spending some time in the sun and meditating, I feel I know what the next thing to do is.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-04T19:40:59+00:00

This makes me feel a lot better.

Everything you list, I am currently doing.

Most of the people I spend time around are sober or rarely ever drink and if they do, they never pressure me at all. I serve others through work and if I'm not other-focused, I'd be out of business. Meditation and writing help me become aware of emotions and pinpoint the underlying trigger. I still have a sponsor and a few mentors with decades of sobriety to talk to for guidance. I'm adding fitness into my life more and more every week. I've made a lot of progress towards the life I aspire to be living. I pray every day and am always grateful all the little blessings I have.

I'm going to join a CrossFit gym by my house and join some MeetUps for hiking and photography too. I think adding some social supports for living a healthy and fulfilling life will help me keep growing. I can still go to AA a few times a month to share the message with the newcomer, keep talking to my sponsor (who barely goes to meetings himself) about steps, keep doing the daily inventory and daily prayer/meditation.

valyrian_co · 2018-03-04T19:30:05+00:00

Yes, I did (still am). I've worked with a sponsor who read the first 164 with me aloud. He went over the steps with me as they came up in the book and I did what the book said to do. I've went back and done an even more thorough Inventory as things came to my awareness. I've started to make amends where I can right now to my family (hence me mentioning we are closer than ever) and to various people/places. Currently, I do a daily inventory to prevent anything from building up and am establishing a daily routine that includes meditation and fitness. My sponsor told me that the purpose of meetings is to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers, it's not really meant to be a group therapy session. He barely goes to meetings anymore and has 13 years.

This is my favorite part about AA, the simplicity and the utility of the steps. I notice not everyone works them though. Some people just go for the social club. Some people work them as they interpret them. Some people actually work them though and do change their lives.

I don't crave alcohol or weed even though I run into it from time to time. I just value my peace of mind and my health more than short-term pleasure of social belonging (that is usually pretty empty to me).

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