Some of the happiest, best people in the world have no formal understanding of complex history, philosophy or psychology. The instincts bestowed on us by nature and God are enough to live a full, happy, good life. And in fact often an education in the sciences and humanities can do more to push us away … Continue reading Sometimes we don’t need formal learning, just need to listen to the quiet voice inside.
Category: Happiness & Well-Being
Nice People Set the Best Boundaries – Here’s How to Actually Do it (effectively)
my only other advice is to do it as soon as you can. As soon as you get actually hurt by something you should set a boundary nicely . If it's just a little annoying. then ok you can overlook it. But if it genuinely hurt your feelings. you should set a boundary with it. … Continue reading Nice People Set the Best Boundaries – Here’s How to Actually Do it (effectively)
Self Care Ideas + Mindset: You Will Be Ok. You’ve Been Thru Worse. And You’re Successful Just by Staying Alive
Money Doesn’t Make You Valuable, or Successful – Money Has No Value. Let Me Explain
In our modern culture we spend a lot of time thinking about money. How to get more and what it would be like to be 'rich' and so on. Let's look at money, and the philosophy people have of it. And investigate whether or not money makes you valuable, or successful. The Idea: MONEY IS … Continue reading Money Doesn’t Make You Valuable, or Successful – Money Has No Value. Let Me Explain
Materialism will never make you happy + short version of what’s the meaning of life
You are infinitely meaningful. The entire universe literally does not exist without you. All things are connected in the great web of existence. Remove one piece and it all falls apart.
HOLY SHIT - EVERY HUMAN IS MAXIMALLY MEANINGFUL i have a web of dominoes. i flick one they begin to fall in all directions i remove one. if they are dependent on each other. the whole web collapses. if they are not dependent on each other the web continues despite its removal existence is contingent … Continue reading You are infinitely meaningful. The entire universe literally does not exist without you. All things are connected in the great web of existence. Remove one piece and it all falls apart.
Do not deny the sun.
A very important rule for epistemology. Truth will never actually contradict basically observable reality. So if your logic seems to contradict it, it means your logic is incorrect.
Why Do Anything?
Why Do Anything? Essay Version Introduction To ask “Why do anything?” is not a trivial question. It is a cry that echoes from the depths of a soul standing on the threshold between existence and oblivion. It emerges when all motivations collapse, when survival feels mechanical, and meaning seems absent. But the question itself is … Continue reading Why Do Anything?
The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It)
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of success—what it means, and more importantly, who gets to define it. By the popular standards of the Western post-1960s model, I should probably consider myself a failure. I didn’t go to prom. I didn’t party in high school. I didn’t even finish school the normal … Continue reading The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It)
Destroying Every “Good reason” For Suicide – Saving My Own Life And Yours
“Is it possible to live like this for another 40 years?” This is not just a passing thought. It is the cry of a soul pressed against the wall of its own existence. The thought does not come lightly. It comes after long silence. It comes in the moments before waking. It comes when a … Continue reading Destroying Every “Good reason” For Suicide – Saving My Own Life And Yours
