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You don’t trust a lot of your instincts from when you were a kid (e.g. That you can fly, one day you ‘want to be a real T-Rex’, or that you actually get 3 lives IN REAL LIFE, like in Mario Bros), so when something sets you off or upsets you, why trust those instincts (when they were probably formed around the same time)?You don’t trust a lot of your instincts from when you were a kid (e.g. That you can fly, one day you ‘want to be a real T-Rex’, or that you actually get 3 lives IN REAL LIFE, like in Mario Bros), so when something sets you off or upsets you, why trust those instincts (when they were probably formed around the same time)?

August 22, 2018| Dave|

* That last one, my brother told me that one. When I found out it wasn’t true (when I was about 6), I cried. When someone pisses you off, says

A Deep Dive into: Insults [pt.2] – Words are nothing but a series of letters arranged in a certain order to make a certain sound that comes out of the face hole.A Deep Dive into: Insults [pt.2] – Words are nothing but a series of letters arranged in a certain order to make a certain sound that comes out of the face hole.

November 7, 2017| Dave|

Not only do insults have absolutely zero possibility to do physical or psychological harm to you, but the same thing goes for anything someone says to you. If someone expresses

The philosophy of: Some girl on Facebook commenting on how to get revenge on an exThe philosophy of: Some girl on Facebook commenting on how to get revenge on an ex

September 20, 2017| Dave|

Asked how a man should best grieve his enemy, Epictetus replied, “By setting himself to live the noblest life himself” – The Philosophy of Epictetus CXLIII My mate Matt has

Emotions are a choiceEmotions are a choice

August 31, 2017| Dave|

Once dismiss the view you take, and you are out of danger. Who, then, is hindering such a dismissal? – Marcus Aurelius, from Meditations 12:25 What if instead of saying ‘I’m

‘What if I did the opposite?’ [On: revenge for shitty acts]‘What if I did the opposite?’ [On: revenge for shitty acts]

August 15, 2017| Dave|

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. – Marcus Aurelius from Meditations If someone pisses you off, upsets you, even disappoints you, you have two options: 1. Do exactly the

When something gets to you, be like Kobe (or at least try to)When something gets to you, be like Kobe (or at least try to)

July 27, 2017| Dave|

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the

Doo doo doo-doo doo, doo-doo doo doo do.Doo doo doo-doo doo, doo-doo doo doo do.

May 26, 2017| Dave|

Josh Waitzkin has this thing he does, and taught his son to do. Whenever he does something stupid, fucks up or something shitty happens, he thinks ‘This is Great!’ Which not