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Category Archives: Addiction
Sham: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless
I’ve spent thousands of hours of my life reading self-help books and listening to self-help lectures. Overall, I’m ambivalent about the industry and the time I spent there. I think self-help helps some people and hurts other people. I do … Continue reading
Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness By Frederic Luskin
Here are some highlights from the book HerbK called the second most important book he’s ever read after the Big Book: * Picture the crowded screen in front of a harried air traffic controller. Picture the chaos in the room … Continue reading
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How To Bypass Your Self-Destructive Tendencies
When I watch the tele, I often think, I’d love to rubbish these wankers. When I have a good thing going in real life, I sometimes think, how can I screw this up? When I’m having a proper social engagement, … Continue reading
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A Life That Works
Happy people are all alike; every unhappy person is unhappy in his own way. Happy people enjoy ways of living that: * are conducive to serenity and tranquility, seeing people in their proper genre so they don’t disappoint you, accepting … Continue reading
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Private Luke Vs Public Luke
What are the biggest differences between public Luke and private Luke? Public Luke takes more care to not offend needlessly and to be judicious with his words and deeds. Private Luke usually hates drama, Public Luke often enjoys stirring. Private … Continue reading
Loneliness & Eccentricity
I spent six years of my twenties largely bedridden. The loneliness that accompanied that lockdown led to some morose thinking and weird behavior. For example, I’d go about in my favorite red-hearts boxer shorts instead of putting on proper clothing. … Continue reading
Can We Be Happy When The News Does Not Go Our Way?
Do we allow the news to determine our happiness and serenity? For an addict, to lose serenity is to put oneself astride the precipice. If you think everything looks bleak, you’re thinking about the wrong things. How about thinking about … Continue reading
What’s The Reward For Despair?
My premise for this blog post is that we tend to see the world as we are more than as it is. I notice many Trump supporters are black-pilled about Trump and about the future of the United States. I … Continue reading
Why Do People Over-Schedule?
I notice that many people have a compulsion to be frantically busy. What do they get out of overscheduling themselves? * It enables them to detach from reality and to live in fantasy. They can imagine that they are supermen, … Continue reading
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Bringing Souls Out Of Hiding
Ideas that give me energy: * Pursuing excellence. * Think about what I’ve done excellently * Think about the look on the faces of people who appreciate me. Think about the pretty girls I’ve kissed and how they said wow … Continue reading