Take full advantage of the current situation

People complain about their current situation. Big deal. However, when you constantly hear people talk about how they miss being a kid, miss being in (Chinese hard-core) high school, it becomes irritating.

Two possibilities: 1) their lives do suck more as grown-ups than being in a high school with incredible amount of course workload. 2) They simply only see what they don't have as adults but did have in high school, and not see the other side.

If 1), well, karma is a bitch. You enjoyed too much in high school, college, you suck at real life. Blame yourself. Sure, go ahead and blame your parents too.

If 2), which I believe is a more common case, I feel it is important to switch perspective and realize how people would envy your current situation.

Back to the first scenario, people want to go back to high school times, and feel high school kids don't realize how easy it is to be in high school.

Feeling mature? think again. Back in high school, (Chinese) students are forced to obey / listen to parents, teachers. Kids have minimum liberty, make up lies after lies just to go out with a "person of interest". Privacy and relationships are almost impossible, if not immoral. Then it is all those course works that you do without pay. It is difficult to make fully aware adults to learn new things just because new things *could be* good for the future, let alone high school kids.

Of course, vice versa. Adults need to take more responsibilities etc etc (whiners talked a lot of that, and high schoolers never really say adults get it easier)

Everyone knows long distance relationship sucks. However, instead of complaining about it and telling couples that they don't realize how fortunate they are, people who are in long distance relationship should really take advantage of the situation (of course, if they really want this relationship to work. Otherwise, just break up already).

There are a lot of good things about being in a long distance relationship. Having a stable relationship requires no need to constantly improve the dating game, or make strategies etc etc. There is no need to pretend to be somebody else. Caring each other to maintain this relationship is definitely easier. There is no need to go back home right after work for family and kids. Hitting the gym while nobody is there is absolutely a great perk. Enjoy the maximum utility to improve health and shape. There is also the extra free time, which could be quite beneficial if used on reading, learning and career-related things.

Without a doubt, I'd love to give up a healthy body and shape and even some career security for being together with my other half, so we can travel, go outside, do stuff, or just cuddle. However, since the long distance is a given, why not try to fully utilize all the advantages of this situation rather than envying others? Why not make others envy your healthy body and shape and career security? Otherwise, you would have nothing regardless what situation you are in.

Stop saying how high schoolers don't realize how fortunate they are, and start thinking how fortunate you are to be at where you are. Take full advantage of the current situation, especially when it is a given. Otherwise, you are no different from people who just blame the unchangeable for their own failure.