With how messed up this world seems to be these days, with our country fighting in wars we can't win, the debt ceiling crisis, US's credit rating gets lowered, stock market crashing, it's a wonder how many people can actually be legitimately happy these days. Besides a select few, most people are feeling the down times of the economy - whether it be worrying about losing their jobs or being afraid of making a new purchase for fear of the former situation happening. There's more worries than just that, but you get the point - you may be living a form of it yourself.
I've been lucky and been put in a more favorable situation than most - both in living arrangements and employment. That allows me to escape from the realites of the world more than others. It's probably a big reason why I'm able to be sidetracked by sports so easily. My biggest form of anxiety and excitement in the next month comes from fantasy football drafts and the start of both college and pro football seasons.
Many people wish they had these worries as a top priority. Instead, the never-ending pile of bills and many of the above worries are what have many in a bind. I've heard stories from several of my friends about their frustrating job searches. In two of their cases, they were both teachers and I heard/read about their plights often. The one friend who shared her frustrations with me was running short on patience. While I myself haven't been in that situation in over a year, the main thing I told her was what I told myself when I was looking for employment - just keep your head up and keep trying. The world can be a cold place, so you have to keep failing sometimes at these searches to find the right place. Luckily, the friend I told this to, in addition to my other teacher friend, had a happy ending.
At the end of the day, that's what most of us are looking for. We aren't necessarily looking for the perfect ending, but something resembling our hopes and dreams is what we want. The term "happy ending" seems movie-ish, but it's true. When bogged down in the daily life troubles, it's easy to forget to aim for more happiness in our lives, no matter how temporary. Easy for me to say, I know.
While this economy struggles to get back to normal, do all that you can to keep your head above water. And while it's above water, buy yourself an innertube and relax once in a while in this cesspool of a pool known as America.
Showing posts with label happy. Show all posts
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6/19/2011
Happy: The Fail-Proof Economic Stimulus Plan
Dear government (you don't deserve a "G" until you can earn us more "G"s),
I found a way to get us out of this mess. It has nothing to do with policies, nothing to do with addendums to bills that you may not like, nothing to do with politics at all.
In fact, it may be something that you may find hard to tax. But leave it to me to give you guys a chance to find something new to tax. I'm pretty sure everything in my sight has a tax to it at this point.
Sell me some happiness.
Yes, happiness.
The happier consumers are, the more they will buy. Get them to win some horse races and share stories with how awesome their new dating interest is, and watch how much more money they spend than they originally planned on.
(If you haven't figured out that this letter is written by me about me, then you should stop reading now.)
Show me a person who is happy, and I'll show you someone who is more willing to spend money on things than the average person.
Depressed people spend money only on booze.
Happy people spend money on that and then some. They don't even realize how much they spend until they look at their new credit card bill weeks later.
Consider me a potential buyer into this system.
Consider me an actual buyer. I'd show you the bill for my BBQ for tomorrow, but the receipt is too long. And that has to do with effects from happiness - from the track winnings and life in general.
If you can find a way to bundle happiness for others to buy, then I think we will be ok.
Rig a horse race or two if you have to. Whatever it takes.
Love,
Brian
P.S. Happy Father's Day to all of those good fathers out there. Bill Bolek - that especially means you.
P.P.S. Mentioning my dad in a social medium and expecting him to read it is about as pointless of a sentence as there can be read in this world.
I found a way to get us out of this mess. It has nothing to do with policies, nothing to do with addendums to bills that you may not like, nothing to do with politics at all.
In fact, it may be something that you may find hard to tax. But leave it to me to give you guys a chance to find something new to tax. I'm pretty sure everything in my sight has a tax to it at this point.
Sell me some happiness.
Yes, happiness.
The happier consumers are, the more they will buy. Get them to win some horse races and share stories with how awesome their new dating interest is, and watch how much more money they spend than they originally planned on.
(If you haven't figured out that this letter is written by me about me, then you should stop reading now.)
Show me a person who is happy, and I'll show you someone who is more willing to spend money on things than the average person.
Depressed people spend money only on booze.
Happy people spend money on that and then some. They don't even realize how much they spend until they look at their new credit card bill weeks later.
Consider me a potential buyer into this system.
Consider me an actual buyer. I'd show you the bill for my BBQ for tomorrow, but the receipt is too long. And that has to do with effects from happiness - from the track winnings and life in general.
If you can find a way to bundle happiness for others to buy, then I think we will be ok.
Rig a horse race or two if you have to. Whatever it takes.
Love,
Brian
P.S. Happy Father's Day to all of those good fathers out there. Bill Bolek - that especially means you.
P.P.S. Mentioning my dad in a social medium and expecting him to read it is about as pointless of a sentence as there can be read in this world.
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