‘My memory is so bad’. You might’ve heard that. Is that a legitimate reason to not remember things? Or is it an excuse? What did people do before photos? Just blank on all significant moments of their lives just days after they happened? For example,,, Person A: ‘Wasn’t our wedding wonderful?’ Person B: ‘Wait, what wedding?’ They either wrote about them,…
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How much do these two things affect who we are and the lives we live? When you get something challenging to do, instead of thinking, ‘Damn this is hard…’, is it possible to think, ‘Great! This is hard’? How much greatness has come out of doing easy things? Same thing goes when it’s raining or you miss the bus. One…
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Step 1: Live Step 2: Die That’s the path and the instructions for being absolutely any living organism on this planet. It’s that simple. But then why does Step 1 get so complicated for us humans? During Step 1, we don’t know what to do, how to do it, we look everywhere for happiness, satisfaction, excitement, fulfilment, we buy heaps…
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I’ve got a lot of good stuff in my life but I’m also really bad at a lot of stuff. I’ve figured out what’s important for me in a few ways, but also haven’t figured out what’s best for me in heaps of other ways. And I’ve got a feeling a lot of people are like that. It’s awesome talking…
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I’ve written before about what a load of goatshit Murphy’s Law is. As a theory it’s about as accurate as ‘A watched toaster never pops’ or ‘Don’t look a dragon fly in the eyes or it’ll spit fire at you’ (my brother told me that one when I was about 8). Whenever something happens and a person says ‘Murphy’s Law…’,…
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In Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, he talks about this guy… He was a mega-talented guitarist, who was going to take over the world with his new band. The band had just been signed to a record label and on the verge of recording the band’s first album, he got kicked out. He was done. Sent…
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A very successful, but more importantly, a very good writer recently bragged to me about how well his book is doing. And I’m glad he did. But there’s a difference between bragging about cold hard facts, like the amount of 5-star reviews your book has got on Amazon, and saying something like ‘Wow, I’m such a good person,’ or, ‘I’m such a…
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Is it possible to waste absolutely zero time? In My Experimental Life, A.J. Jacobs experiments with getting rid of all irrational beliefs and myths he’s been told by the internet, his mum, people on the street, all so that he can live a rational life. One of them is that ‘You need to comb your hair until your scalp tingles –…
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I always thought that compromise in a relationship means both people not getting what they want. I’ve also heard people say they don’t think that’s right though – that it’s about both people getting what they want. But that doesn’t really ring true for me either. This does though. A friend of mine, who has got his shit together, and whose opinion…
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I have been married exactly 0.0 times but from what I guess, and from what I gather from other people, the following is (unqualified) advice I’d give to someone just before their wedding day… (In 3 days, I will be able to say I have been married exactly 1.0 times) Something will go wrong. Don’t expect everything to go right, because…