KNOW the difference between a COMPROMISE and a WIN-WIN Some always compromise and some never compromise False dichotomy You could just kill two birds with one stone You have one stone but you want two birds You compromise and aim at the fatter bird You don’t even get that bird, with your sloppy …
Category: Lifestyle
Boredom as the Enemy
There is not one Boredom. There are more Boredoms: —There’s The Boredom of Stagnation, routine —There’s The Boredom of Seeking to be entertained, seeking to be busy, seeking to be Distracted (from existence) —There’s The Boredom which is a sign — sign that you’re bored —There’s The Boredom which is a state — state of …
Healthy Relationship With Fear
Fear is not completely illusionary. It’s usually 90% illusionary It’s better to be wrong 9 times out of 10 and live then be right 9 times out of 10 and die Fear is duly overcompensating You should learn from that ancient, evolutionary mechanism It’s the one whose over-prepared and overreacting that survives With …
Make up Twice
Always make up twice for your shortcomings When you always make up for your shortcomings — you don’t lose respect for yourself. And others may even respect you more. Few can admit to falling short and fewer still are generous enough with their efforts to overcompensate When you always make up for your …
Good Deeds
Good deeds don’t make you good Protecting the planet doesn’t make you good Giving to charity doesn’t make you good Not eating animals doesn’t make you good Protecting the oppressed doesn’t make you good Goodness is not some stupid checklist Goodness is not some game Goodness is not scoring points Obviously I’d rather …
Wisdom-Making
You don’t want to pride yourself in your wisdom This will make you foolish When you incentivize this ideal of being wise, saying wise things and coming up with wise observations — you incentivize artificial fabrication of wisdom and self-delusion. this also entails deluding others You go through your single life and all …
Make It Harder AND Make It Easier
Some always make it hard for themselves Some always make it hard for themselves and sometimes it results in arriving where no one else has been Sometimes it results in nothing but hardship Some always make it easy for themselves Some of those find a clever way to solve the same problem: quicker, easier …
Thank You Corona for Less Sports, Panem Et Circenses and All That Fucking Stupid Nonsense
Sport is dumb You watch sports to kill your boredom You end up more tired, more lazy, more bored You hate yourself because you achieved nothing — you were watching sports You hate your life because it’s terribly fucking boring — you were only sitting in front of a tv I sometimes play a …
Lying on the Beach Gets Bad Rep
lying on the beach gets bad rep lying in the sun is meditation lying in the sun is spirituality franticly running around seeing places, scoring landmarks, taking photos, as if to some report, now that is ambitious, that is mundane, that is worldly and lowly and rushed and profane and greedy and low energy …
You Are Wired To Feel Contented When Things Are Simply Normal
You are wired to feel contented when things are simply normal Happiness is not some great mystery It is the opposite — it is SIMPLICITY You are wired to feel contented when things are simply normal When you’re not dying of starvation When you’re not freezing amidst the snowstorm, far away from your comfty …