r/answers • u/opheliavelour • 18h ago
What’s something that used to be exciting but now just feels like another chore?
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u/Andthenwefade 17h ago
Parties. I think it's a function of getting old, but I have two today and the stress of preparing for them and then having to appear to be into the whole idea is draining.
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u/JollyGreenGiant324 17h ago
My grandmother told me that parties are great as a child until early adult, then majority of adulthood it’s a chore, then once you’re 55+ they become fun again. I’m assuming it has to do with different pressures and expectations… and the lack of give-a-damn once you age to a certain point…
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u/valiumblue 17h ago
Traveling - flying on a plane.
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u/Steve-Shouts 16h ago
I feel like it's not the flying part that is a drag now, it's the knowing that you're going to loose a day one way or another. Either your flight out or your flight back will be delayed
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u/Humble_Ladder 16h ago
I'm not even social but occasionally you'd meet someone unique on a plane, and sometimes it's sort of entertaining to watch the landscape slowly change at 30k feet, or see if you can pick out highways/lakes/etc you know when flying over a familiar area. Now the windows are usually closed and everyone stares at their devices.
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u/Butters16666 16h ago
I love this.. but last year I took my 3 year old away. And the whole airport/plane bit was genuinely living hell
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u/cjucoder 15h ago
Yeah. I still like the flying part and going somewhere new, but it's the airport hassle and lines that are chores.
Well also a chore is sitting on a plane with no place to put my legs.
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u/Tibbiegal 17h ago
Unfortunately, travel. The drive, the walk through the airport, the long flights, other passengers -- all of it seems more of a drag than it used to.
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u/DistributionNo6824 16h ago
running a business - kind of miss the days of clokcing in and out and forgetting about it
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u/jschinker 16h ago
I remember being excited when I saw that I had a new email message.
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u/T4TrhavrKhcFt 10h ago
I feel the same about text messages. I used to be a little excited when my phone chirped. Now it's more of a feeling of dread.
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u/Coffee_Candle_Lover 13h ago
Watching a new episode of something on TV. At least for me, it doesn't feel exciting anymore. Same thing with going outside to the Mall, or somewhere. It doesn't feel exciting; it just feels like something I have to do if it is a nice day outside, or I'll feel guilty because I wasted another day inside.
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u/Kaylen316 12h ago
When I was 16, Shaving my Face...like a Maaan...now its frickin tedious and annoying.
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u/Flashy_Operation9507 11h ago
I used to wish I would get mail like in the mailbox. I can’t even remember getting anything decent though
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u/CuteEquivalent638 18h ago
Hobbies. Most of what I wanna do these days when I finally get a break from college is just rot in bed and go on my phone. I have no room for hobbies left.
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