Life-lessons

Why do vegeterians never eat meat? Why not just most of the time? Wouldn't the best decision always be an ad hoc situational analysis?

When making a decision, inaction is the default. And people rarely change the default. Inaction is easy, comfortable, and risk-free. Action means taking responsibility and exerting energy.

Did you know Elon Musk read two entire sets of encyclopedias as a child? Well, when I was 3 years old, my aunt once found me reading an encyclopedia.

Work is a tedious and boring chore that everyone needs to do in exchange for what they actually want: play. Play is everything fun, relaxing, and voluntary.

Sometimes loving ourselves can be really hard. Instead of self-love, we often get trapped in cycles of self-criticism and self-doubt.

It’s pretty limiting, isn’t it? If I once had a childhood passion like singing or skating and dreamed of being a star, then achieving anything else is a failure.

The whole idea implies that there is one true, unchanging self that you just need to discover. You were born to become something.

There are a million things you could be doing right now. You could be sprinting down the I­5 screaming at the top of your lungs or on a plane to Paris waiting for the flight attendant to bring out the snacks.

If you want to be happier, then there are two levers you can change.

We overvalue actions that are easy and comfortable. These short term feelings push us away from decisions that will help us in the long term.

On a pier atop a black, shimmering ocean, a crowd wanders beneath the dark sky. A group of college friends loudly stumble down the pier searching for the next adventure.

A footprint, a fingerprint, a seemingly misplaced grain of sand. When I finally leave this earth, what mark will I leave on this land?