Most ppl don’t realise this, the body grieves routine before it grieves a person. So you aren’t crying over him. You’re crying over the version of yourself that was shaped by his patterns, attuned to his silences, fluent in the unspoken language of his inconsistencies.
The year is 2028. You’ve been off Lexapro for 3 years and finally have abs. You pay $800/yr for TSA Life+, which promises your plane won’t crash. Your Turkish hair transplant went awry and you wake up every day with a bloody scalp. Your son is illiterate. Life is good.
the world is burning and people are arguing pressing issues such as “is surrogacy woke?” and “should leftists be able to date”? if you don’t see your social media addiction as a manufactured distraction to prevent you from actually doing useful things, ur kinda beyond help atp xo
I'm plotting on your rise bro. i'm literally up in the lab scheming on beautiful abundance for you. I'm cooking up ways for a rising tide to lift all of our boats. I'm praying for your gains. I'm lighting a candle to your inevitable splendor dude
normalize having a threatening aura but really just being an absolute sweetheart , keeping the perfect balance of softness but letting it be known you’re not to be played with
There's a certain type of person who excels at gamification of things. They can be very financially succesful at something like FIRE or other things. But that same mindset makes them less interesting once they beat the game. The irony is that the "gamer" type, once they've conquered financial success or optimization, often feels bored. They circle back, looking for another "game" to play, to transition from winning games to simply living well
Games have limits. They are inherently closed loops, with clear rules, goals, and ways to win. but they rarely allow for depth or transcendence, things things that make life interesting
By contrast, life as an art is messy, unmeasurable, and open-ended. Cafés, conversations, creative projects, and flirtations resist the mindset of gamification. Yet, they offer a richness that games cannot
Many others stuck in employment would have much more fun in this person's situation. Alas