I live paycheck to paycheck - I just don’t dwell on that fact as The Determening factor of the measure of my life

The biggest breakthrough I had is when I embraced my life for what it is and decided to enjoy it

I no longer live in the vicious cycle of berating myself for failure or not being rich enough to be worthy of praise and self esteem. I don’t conditionally give myself permission to be happy only once I am successful enough. I don’t measure myself by someone else’s standards about what I ought to be, or ought to do or ought to feel

Instead, I whistle while I work, when I worry and can’t go to sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep

If you don’t like making a decision between a phone service and (whatever else was supposed to go there) spare a thought for those among us who have to make that decision between medication and food. And show a little gratitude you don’t count yourself among those

I can tell you are bitter about your circumstances and that’s bad for you. Nobody else cares if you’re unhappy with your life or not. Not internet strangers, not motivational speakers

I offer you this as someone who was were you are and moved passed it. It might not be what you would like to hear but it is a view point that comes from a place of experience and sincerity

You do with that what you will

https://zenpencils.com/comic/69-buddha-less-is-more/

PS don’t fall into the trap of believing an ism will solve your problems. That’s a fool’s errand

"The goal of the passive-aggressive person is to get someone else to visibly act out the anger that they have been concealing,"

Okay

'Per my last email', 'Any update on this?', 'Please advise', 'Re-attaching for convenience'

How are those phrases in particular helping anyone achieve a goal of getting someone to “visibly act out anger they have been concealing”?

Also angry and concealing emotional state is technically exhibiting traits of passive aggressive behavior

passive-aggressive

adjective

of or denoting a type of behaviour or personality characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation

I mean, come on. If you receive an email asking for a follow-up on a discussion you had IRL and you perceive that request to be an act of hostility because you are concealing anger - is it really fair to say that the email is passive-aggressive rather than the recipient?