Ode to Happiness by Keanu Reeves

I draw a hot sorrow bath
in my despair room
with a misery candle burning
I wash my hair with regret shampoo
after cleaning myself with pain soap
I dry myself with my gorgeous white
one hundred percent and it will never change towel
then smooth on my I don’t deserve lotion
and I hate myself face cream
then I put on my alone again silk pyjamas
and go to sleep
when the hue has gone blue
and you cant quite grin and bear it
let this word picture remind you
it can always be worse

the war horse

https://x.com/level941/status/1960399319565045828

gratefulness

https://youtube.com/shorts/kDimVZUSXRc?si=L_uK2OM-9UI57nwp

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

How to Build Wealth in a New Economy

https://youtu.be/x0NItjxBxY8?si=cwWzq9ggN0MbbxJh

it’s never the end

https://youtube.com/shorts/0UEYWmNQgkY?si=WRej0Qs-m4IrZYsa

it’s funny because i’m constantly hoping for more happiness, growth, and wealth

but when i read this post, i have all the real luxuries in life already

a good reminder to be grateful always for what we have

my take is that awareness is one of the most important things, if not most important.

understanding what you have and making peace with it

glad to see you thriving, happy for you!

Ikigai

I remember first reading this years ago, and have been trying to make it a form of north star since

personally don't think one can truly be happy unless he/she feels fulfilled within

a reason for being

“To be successful in a profession, or in business, to become wealthy, cannot be compared to making the lives of your fellow men better. This can bring immense satisfaction.”

― Lee Kuan Yew

If you departed this world without making a positive difference, could you say you have ever existed? Because with or without you walking this earth, nothing changed.

this is something that has been in my head for years, and i find it a strong magnet as to what i should be doing as a person in life

strive to do good and to help others as much as i can, to make the lives of my fellowmen better

I've tried volunteering for a year in the past, but social work didn't seem a great fit, and so i'll strive to make my impact in other ways

Interlocutor (noun, FORMAL)

a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

Addiction v Happiness

learning languages

https://x.com/alojoh/status/1962414007240786282?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw

Point is-- Retirement planning is simply wrong mindset to have anymore. The FIRE movement should be extinguished, before it one-shots all the Zoomers.

Singapore's population projection (native v foreign)