Go look for trouble

Think that there will be some happy ending. The idea that by increasing commitment it is possible to build a happy, complete, satisfactory life. But the world remains indifferent to our desires and plans, and sometimes with a shrug it demolishes everything. And then you die. It is more convenient to be realistic.

Try to be normal. Normality reassures. But it is also an embalming process. Unfortunately, from an early age, we learn that adapting to contexts is a beautiful thing. The others are quieter, because in this way we are more predictable and controllable. It may be more interesting to start wondering if something really amuses us. Even if everyone does so, it may be that the real pleasure for us is not there at all.

Real pleasure or cliché?

Use difficult words. Playing with expressions such as "self-awareness", "life project", "self-realization" ... makes us feel evolved, intelligent, brilliant. And instead we're just heavy. Burdened by a language that can dazzle and fascinate, but that in reality is just an empty box. Human languages ​​fatally contain a lot of words that really mean nothing, and that probably were born to manipulate: an instrument of the powerful. For those wishing to learn more, a gem: LTI - The language of the Third Reich, by Victor Klemperer.

Get angry. So we feel stronger, we make ourselves respected, we are feared. How much bullshit. Aggressiveness is needed when we need to save our skin (I've already written about it here). Then that's enough. Sarcasm, criticism, quarrels. Nobody's life is improved by one gram. They make us repulsive. The others, and they are right, will stay away as much as possible.

First duty and then pleasure. So I'm sure, quiet. Happy?

In reality, duty serves pleasure. Not vice versa. The bills must be paid. But to have a face like this below. If I don't live like this, better shoot yourself in the head.

A smiling person, somewhere in the world

Smiling, not happy. Happiness falls into the category of words that really mean nothing. People are not "happy": they smile. Smiles exist. And they leave very little room for speculation and discussion. Not putting the smile at the top of the priority scale is perhaps the maximum bullshit. The fundamental error. The best way to devastate existence.