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When I am faced with sudden irrational violence, I am fearful. I want to protect myself and be secured against violence. The second thing that comes to mind is gratefulness for my military training. Not that I am a great full-time soldier or suddenly an Übermensch. But I am grateful

If you are making a piece of art, there is no need to worry about what others will think about it. The outcome won’t be changed no matter how much you think or worry. If it is attractive or popular among people, then it was already (the moment it

Maybe that is the whole point of hobbies too? The main focus is that they give you pleasure. That you enjoy it. Who said you have to be good at it? Play the guitar badly, draw ugly portraits, and so on. There is the related idea that your hobbies need

Since you can do what you want (after a certain threshold), life is not that hard. This is not about personal tragedy or circumstances. This is just about deciding what to do with yourself. Life is like a game. There are rules, and you can choose to follow them. There

Some people, especially in college or university, think that they can defer their adulthood. They extend their time in school because they are afraid of the working world. Or of making hard decisions. But that assumes that they are currently not making hard decisions. They already are. Life has already

After your basic needs are met, you are free to do anything. Everything else is just a constructed prison to hem you in. You don’t need to care about your family, though there are good reasons for doing so. You don’t need to get certain types of jobs,