Category Archives for "life lessons"

It’d be nice, right? If you were better looking, smarter, or more well-connected. It’d be nice if your life was easier, you were able to get what you want with less effort, and results just came to you.  It’d be nice to get rid of the parts of yourself and your circumstances that you don’t […]

Some articles teach you how to not give a fuck. I’ll do that, plus I’ll tell you exactly what to not give a fuck about. People giving a fuck is the main reason why we’re so stuck as a society. There’s just so much repressed energy. I’ve often talked about this passive-aggressive odorless cultural gas […]

If you want to learn how to let go of the past, you first have to understand what the past is. There’s the obvious answer: the past is a collection of moments that happened prior to the present moment. Here’s the real answer: The past is a biased, cherry-picked, and emotionally driven distortion of the […]

There’s this saying “choose your hard.” It comes from a popular quote: “Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard. Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard. Choose your hard. Being in debt is hard. Being financially disciplined is hard. Choose your hard. Communication is hard. Not communicating is hard. Choose your hard. Life […]

We’ve been wearing masks long before the pandemic. Think about how much time you spend pretending to be someone else just so you can get along with others, feel a part of society, and avoid rejection and ostracism. Most of the time we pretend to be someone we’re not because we want to avoid the […]

“Tell me where I’m going to die so I never go there.” I can’t tell you what to do and predict how the outcome will go. I can guess and provide suggestions. Success has many different variables to it, one of them being luck. Here’s one thing I’m certain of. Your life would get a […]

I once wrote an article called 12 Rules for Hating Jordan Peterson. I wrote it in response to a bunch of staff at Random House getting extremely upset at the fact they were publishing his new book. Does he have some controversial stances? Honestly, not really. But there’s one thing about him that irks the […]

Truth be told, there are a ton of good advice quotes. That’s why I’ve written several posts about quotes over the years. I love how much wisdom they pack into a few sentences. Some quotes are so good that they burrow their way into your soul. Some of them will actually help you change. Many […]

It’s amazing, the extent to which, you will go well out of your way to find refuge in your own bullshit. I’m in the same boat as you. I treat it like a 24/7 job to unravel my own B.S., but I’m human. And human beings have this way of being able to fully logically […]

Most life advice on the internet sucks. It’s either too generic, doesn’t hit you at your emotional core, or sounds like everything else you’ve heard before. Yet, many people will continue to seek out life advice even if they’re jaded by the life advice industry as a whole. Why? It’s simple. We want to change our […]