One Day, This Will All Be Over

(DISCLAIMER:  The purpose of this post is to enrich your experience of life.  If you struggle with suicidal thoughts, you may currently not be in a mental state that allows you to interpret its message correctly.  Please contact the suicide hotline instead:...

Short-Term Pleasure vs Long-Term Happiness

As human beings, we are wired to move towards pleasure and away from pain (though I guess it gets a little more complicated when you’re into S&M).  This is not a bad survival strategy.  A lot of painful things can get you killed.  Like great white sharks,...

Better Questions to Ask Instead of “Why?”

Remember how as a kid, people told you what you could or couldn’t do and you didn’t like it? So everyone time someone told you to not do something, you asked them: “But why?’’ 9 out of 10 times, you received a very unsatisfying answer like ‘’Because I say so.’  Later...

The Ultimate Guide to Living the Good Life

Do you sometimes catch yourself dreaming about the good life? Having enough money to spend your days doing all kinds of crazy stuff…Bungee jumping, lavish parties, being surrounded by lots of gorgeous whatever-type-of-human-it-is-you-dig. Not having anything in...

What You Can Learn from the People You Hate

When you look around in the world, what do you see? What kind of people is it filled with?  How do events generally tend to transpire over and over again?  Are there any clear patterns you can recognize? Is it a cruel world?  An unfair world?  Or a fun one filled with...