Category Archives for "happiness"

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – Blaise Pascal I woke up this morning and did something I haven’t done in years, maybe even a decade or more. Rather, I didn’t do something — check my phone the moment I woke up.  I decided to try […]

One thing all of society can agree on — water is good for you. Surely, no one thinks water is bad, right? I hope not. Anyway, why am I bringing this up? Even water can kill you if you drink too much of it at once. This happens to people who take ex or molly, […]

Since I started thinking this way, my life improved dramatically. If you learn how to think this way, your life will improve dramatically, too. First, let me talk about what this way of thinking helps you fix. Regardless of whether or not I know you, I can probably guess a few things about you. You […]

Does it ever seem strenuous simply to exist? Do you feel like you live in an over-stimulated whirlwind? Job, errands, friends, life-path, hobbies, news, social media, Netflix. Lotta inputs there. It’s strange that, in times of relative abundance and material wealth, we seem to be more stressed-out than ever. Our ancestors, who’s brains we still […]

With the exception of psychopaths and whatnot, most people are good people. Odds are, you’re a good person. You have flaws. You make mistakes. At times, you might even hurt people and do bad things. But all of these things wrapped together are what make you a whole person. But what do we do when […]

Before I talk about keeping a gratitude list, I want to talk about the word itself — gratitude. Gratitude can be a nebulous and meaningless term. It can be a crutch to hide from your ambition. Or, it could be the key to true happiness, sanity, and contentment. How you define and use gratitude means […]

If we were all being honest, we’d admit we hate ourselves sometimes. We hate the parts of ourselves that we don’t tell anyone else about. We hate our shadow. Even for people who often feel good about themselves, you can’t avoid hating yourself at least some of the time at least a teeny tiny bit. […]