Being Independent
Votes by Category
-
The Best Lifestyle - 217 people
- My Chemical Romance › 457 people
- Laughter › 313 people
- Green › 289 people
- Being Independent › 217 people
- Blue › 191 people
- Vodka › 135 people
- Punk › 83 people
- Hippies › 70 people
- Placebo › 69 people
- Goth › 66 people
- Being a Vegetarian › 62 people
- Lesbian › 59 people
- Veganism › 43 people
- Anything but Emo › 40 people
- Yellow › 35 people
-
The Best Feeling - 178 people
- Music › 3807 people
- Love › 3478 people
- Laughing until It Hurts › 1529 people
- Sex › 1266 people
- Finding Out That Someone You like Likes You Back › 1087 people
- When Everything Works Out Ok › 792 people
- Waking up Knowing You Have a Few More Hours of Sleep Left › 742 people
- Freedom › 735 people
- Somone Saying They Missed You › 723 people
- Getting Lost in a Song › 699 people
- The Cold Side of the Pillow › 691 people
- Laughter › 691 people
- New Clothes › 688 people
- Being Anyone's Favorite Person › 663 people
- That Moment When You Finally Get It › 648 people
-
The Best Sense of Accomplishment - 173 people
- Knowing All of the Lyrics of a Song › 602 people
- Being Independent › 173 people
- When You're Listening/singing along to a Song and Then Leave the Room, Still Singing the Song and Return and You're Singing the Part Thats Playing › 134 people
- Eating with Chopsticks › 36 people
- Getting a Pat on the Back for a Job Well Done › 10 people
- Finding Beauty in Simple Things › 5 people
- Straight A's › 5 people
- Climb a Mountain › 4 people
- Handicraft › 1 people
- Finally Quitting a Bad Habit › 1 people
-
The Best Way to enjoy Your Self - 165 people
- Being Independent › 165 people
- Fun › 14 people
- Masturbating › 14 people
-
The Best Way to Be - 164 people
- Open-Mindedness › 263 people
- Being DIFFERENT › 169 people
- Being Independent › 164 people
- Being Quiet Sometimes › 82 people
- Being a Romantic › 64 people
- Being Addicted to Bestuff › 42 people
- Not Being Perfect › 38 people
- Happy › 37 people
- Being a Geek › 16 people
- Refusing to do Something Just Because It's Trendy › 15 people
- Funkiness › 13 people
- Being Unpredictable › 11 people
- Crazy › 9 people
- Being Self Sufficient › 8 people
- Being Ur Own Person › 7 people
-
The Best Breakthrough - 158 people
- That Moment When You Finally Get It › 793 people
- Being Independent › 158 people
- Timmy Turner's Dad › 5 people
-
The Best Motivation - 154 people
- Music › 4705 people
- Movies › 713 people
- Pokemon › 292 people
- Money › 291 people
- Family › 191 people
- Being Independent › 154 people
- Food › 153 people
- Star Wars › 148 people
- Losing Weight › 135 people
- Seeing Your Created Items on the Bestuff Collage › 40 people
- Working Out › 32 people
- Boredom › 17 people
- Istanbul › 12 people
- Pokemons › 7 people
- Purpose › 5 people
-
The Best Thing to be Happy - 136 people
- Music › 4580 people
- Love › 2626 people
- Movies › 716 people
- Smile › 451 people
- Pokemon › 316 people
- Family › 215 people
- Moon › 201 people
- Food › 171 people
- Star Wars › 144 people
- Being Independent › 136 people
- Sun › 87 people
- Making Love › 68 people
- Hate › 24 people
- Working Out › 17 people
- Istanbul › 17 people
-
The Best Solution - 132 people
- Happiness › 184 people
- Being Independent › 132 people
- Spontaneous Laugh › 53 people
- Duct Tape › 26 people
- Steve Jobs › 8 people
- Revolution › 7 people
- Utilitarianism › 5 people
- Be Ignorant › 5 people
- Laugh to your Problems › 5 people
- Finding Beauty in Simple Things › 4 people
- The Peanut Butter Solution › 3 people
- Janine Popick › 2 people
- Elbow Grease › 2 people
- Final › 2 people
- Even Everything Else Sucks... You Still Have a Cookie! ^^ › 2 people
-
The Best Necessity - 131 people
- Music › 4190 people
- Love › 2113 people
- Sex › 897 people
- Friendship › 853 people
- Movies › 626 people
- Money › 378 people
- The Internet › 336 people
- Wikipedia › 324 people
- Cell Phones › 322 people
- Food › 284 people
- Family › 230 people
- Beer › 153 people
- Star Wars › 141 people
- Being Independent › 131 people
- Air Conditioning › 125 people
-
The Best Feeling Ever - 125 people
- Remembering a Really Awesome Dream › 566 people
- Finding What You Were Looking For › 515 people
- Being Loved for Who You Are › 346 people
- Having Someone Take Care of You When You're Sick › 168 people
- Real Love › 153 people
- Being Independent › 125 people
- Meeting Your Soulmate :-)) › 95 people
- Loving Yourself › 69 people
- The Feeling You Get When the Lights Go Out in the Movie Theater › 69 people
- The Feeling You Get When You Are Reminded That You Are ALIVE › 67 people
- Listening to your Favourite Song › 66 people
- Looking Deeply into His Eyes › 35 people
- Living Life to the Fullest › 24 people
- Taking Shoes Off › 20 people
- Cold Side of the Pillow › 20 people
-
The Best Policy - 121 people
- Honesty › 146 people
- Being Independent › 121 people
- Spontaneous Laugh › 43 people
- The Universal Fry-Sharing Policy › 6 people
- Utilitarianism › 5 people
- Insurance › 3 people
- Destroy All Humans › 2 people
-
The Best Resolution to Everything - 121 people
- Peace › 1013 people
- Procrastination › 296 people
- Happiness › 219 people
- Being Independent › 121 people
- David Hasselhoff › 34 people
- Integrity › 31 people
- War › 12 people
- Dying › 9 people
- Aviators › 4 people
- Postmodernism › 4 people
- Living › 3 people
- Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution › 2 people
- Hanging on in Quiet Desperation › 1 people
-
The Best Thing in Life - 113 people
- Music › 5131 people
- Love › 2935 people
- Chocolate › 2079 people
- Sex › 1331 people
- Friendship › 1286 people
- Books › 1040 people
- Rain › 930 people
- Peace › 825 people
- Internet › 753 people
- Movies › 712 people
- Boobs › 602 people
- Japanese Boys › 555 people
- Freedom › 514 people
- Stars › 510 people
- New Clothes › 498 people
-
The Best Things in Life - 94 people
- Music › 4656 people
- Love › 2166 people
- Sex › 1133 people
- Friendship › 1080 people
- Books › 1028 people
- Photography › 943 people
- Movies › 790 people
- Art › 676 people
- Boobs › 664 people
- Cats › 659 people
- When Everything Works Out Ok › 603 people
- Free Things › 585 people
- Friends › 578 people
- New Clothes › 554 people
- Dogs › 482 people












Comments
its overrated
OVERRATED? :O
ya i mean its a good thing if you hve the ability to be independent but i would much rather be in a group n hve to depend on other people for stuff n for them to depend on me for stuff in return! that way i feel needed, like if for ome reason u left well then some one would miss u. i think that todays society is much to isolated from one another
How ironic, given our dense population.
Yeah, but if someone you depend on leaves, besides missing that person, you're very screwed.
Once you depend on yourself you never fail, for the simple fact you just can't fail yourself.
Isn't wanting to be needed the same as wanting power over other people? Why shouldn't being wanted be good enough?
I’m a very dependent person. Being independent seems so lonely and pointless.
The point is survival and emotional stability.
I just don’t think I’m the independent type. I don’t get much joy from doing things for myself, so I don’t have much desire to be on my own with only myself to support me. If I thought that’s how I would have to always live my life, it would seem so utterly pointless.
Well, there's a difference between accepting the help of others and being dependent on them. Take cats, for instance. House cats may survive on cat food while there's cat food served to them, but do you think they would die off if there were suddenly no humans around to feed them? Heck no! They'd start surviving on rats, birds, and lizards without giving it a second thought. Cats live with us by their own choice, because it's more convenient or luxurious, not because they depend on us. You, on the other hand, are saying that life is pointless, if you can't milk the labor of others for all you can get, while not supporting your own weight. Not that I can blame you for your parasitic nature, but the world economy has nothing positive to gain from it, especially if you are helping to influence those around you to approach life similarly.
You’re considering independence from a very material/superficial point of view. I am considering it from a philosophical or emotional point of view. I’m not talking about survival. Almost anyone can be independent enough to survive life without leeching off of others. I’m talking about happiness.
The fact is, I am most inspired to work hard when I have someone to work hard for. I am not inspired to work hard for myself.
Oh, I see. Well, I think that if I were the only person I knew to still be alive, I'd probably find some way to stabilize my emotions… it may take crackpot insanity, like talking to mirrors, or worshiping a ouiji board, but I could pull it off.
If I were the last person alive I’d have a hard time convincing myself life wasn’t pointless! In fact, the only way I’d survive is with the hope that there IS someone else out there.
See, I was looking at this as ‘not living with your parents anymore’. Is that not what it means?
It could. But now that I've not lived with my parents since I was 18 (roughly 6 years ago), I have to set the bar higher.
Ah! Well, you’ve got roughly six years on me!
I can't wait to have my independence! In a practical way, meaning not living with my parents anymore, have my own house, job, and so on... And from an emotional point of view, I think that doesn't mean being alone and not having bonds; in my opinion the great thing is exactly having bonds and people to rely on and who rely on you, but still maintaining your freedom. I said rely, not depend: you can't completely depend on someone (or something as well) because you can never know if you're going to lose it (or them) and if or when that happens... what? You life cannot just stop there!
Obviously that depends also on what kind of people you have around you: some people just can't accept the fact that you could want your own spaces...
(O_o) hummm