Hollow Victory https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/22May02_Post.mp3 I was watching an interview with an actor a few days ago. A guy I never heard about before, but recently made it big. He’d been in a bunch of movies and TV shows before, but I hadn’t seen any of them. He was talking about a near emotional […]
Get More Than You Have
Don’t Wait Too Long https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun30_Post.mp4 Everybody wants something. More money. More sex. Or SOME sex. Better relationships. Or A relationship. Better job, better house, better neighbors, better clothes. The idea of that one “next thing” and you’ll FINALLY be happy is a myth. If you ONLY had […]
Create A Virtuous Social Cycle
Reverse Cycles https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/May15_Post.mp4 There’s a theory in both history and economics of virtuous and vicious cycles. That, generally speaking, when everything is growing, there are plenty of virtuous cycles. And when any society, business cycle, or economy reaches a kind of “tipping point” the virtuous cycles slowly shift into vicious cycles. For […]
Anti Anxiety Nightmare
Drugs There is a huge market for anti-anxiety drugs. Plenty of people suffer from social anxiety of one form or another, so if they could come up with a drug that would completely eliminate anxiety, that would be fantastic. But so far, most anti anxiety drugs work more or less like chemotherapy. […]
Meat Pie Pareto Principle
What To Eat? The other day I was at home wondering what to eat for dinner. It turned out to be a horrible mistake. I decided to go down to the grocery store. I had been trying out that one meal per day plan, unfortunately I chose the wrong thing to eat. I ended […]
Sweet Seductive Sociopath
Girl At The Coffee Shop There’s this really attractive woman that I’ve been flirting with at my local coffee shop for the past couple weeks. Whenever you have a situation like this it’s always not quite sure what to do. On the one hand it’s nice to have a very friendly face that you […]
Are You On Your Own Road?
One common things that happens are a big event, especially one that’s been building for a long time is a sense of “letdown.” When I was a kid, I would always look forward to family trips, and I would always feel extremely depressed when the trip was over. After having some fun in a faraway […]