WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?

Life is cold and cruel. But that is okay!

Expect the worst

You can be an optimistic pessimist. A pessimist:

Always be prepared for the worst.

Then once you’re able to steel yourself against that– then everything in life is upside!

Become a Philosopher

Dictate your meaning and purpose in your life with ZEN OF ERIC:

Philosophical Essays

Tomorrow is Never
Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
EMBODIED REALITY
BLACK SWAN
THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE
What are you *really* afraid of?
HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL
Philosophy is King
Why is Selfish Evil?
YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING
ENTITLEMENT A SIN?
NARCISSISM
BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF
WHY FREE WILL?
OBEY YOUR OPINION
EGO IS GOOD.
WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF
Seek the Good Pain
Anti-Perfection in Photography, Art, and Life
Can You Become an End into Yourself?
WHY I LIVE
Why I Hate Decline
Why I Eat
Why am I So Positive and Optimistic?
EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT
Never Stop Gaining
TRUST YOURSELF
A Life of Maximal Personal Independence
What Do You Desire to Become?
What Do I Want from Technology?
Stratified Society
Do You Love or Hate Reality?
On the Brian, Body and Mind
I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?
Care over Fame
ACTIVE NIHILISM
Never Stop Subtracting
How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life
A Risker Life is a Better Life
Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity
How to Maximize Your Happiness
Influence
The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring
Meditations on Meaning in Life
There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings
Is Hope a Vice?
EGO
Why Be Unique?
Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength
You’re the Hero
Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?
Why Do We Prize the Rare?
The Joy of Uncertainty
How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?
A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living
Free or Unfree?
What Do You Really Care For in Life?
Anti-Satisfaction in Life
Why Think?
The Eternal Return
Only Do What is Best for You!
Truthiness
Why Be Happy?
Permissionless Living
In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom
Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World
Happiness
Beyond Freedom
Idolize People, Not Stuff
What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?
Why Hate?
The Secret of Happiness
You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming
Life is about Choices, Not Obligations
Anti-Nihilism
First, Do What is Best for You.
Live Dynamic
How to Prosper
Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?
SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.
How to Become more Idealistic
Thrivival 101
Create Yourself
Non-Small
Inspiration
How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!
Human Augmentation
Prune
Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)
Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life
Modern Slavery
Kill the Leeches
Wisdom Augmentation
Why We Need Friction in Life
Straight Line Philosophy
What’s Your End-Game in Life?
Create Your Own Happiness Today
Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life
Try the Impossible
SELF-RESPECT
Anti-Social Extrovert
Never Blame Anybody But Yourself
Human Flourishing
Simpler, Not Better.
How to be Free
Embrace the Extremes
Cultivate Your Own Culture
COURAGE.
Thrivival
Inner Power
How to Live a Purposeful Life
My Definition of Happiness
Why Change is Good
Why Work?
How to Live the Happiest Possible Life
The Two-Pronged Approach to Maximize Joy in Your Life
You Always Have Another Option!
INFINITISM
Never Stop!
What is Your Self-Directed Purpose in Life?
Live Today Like it Were Your Last
Do You Photograph to Live, or Live to Photograph?
ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
Live Life to the Fullest!
In Praise of Selfishness
Why You Must Be a YAY-SAYER to Succeed in Entrepreneurship and Life
Why I Love Walking
Live Life Like a Video Game!
Simple Luxuries in Life
Treat Your Life Like a Fun Experiment!
Only Prove it to Yourself
You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
How to Find Inspiration in Life
Why You Must Ignore Haters to Succeed and Win in Life
An Active Life is a Happy Life
My Simple Joys in Life
Never Stop Striving
How to Motivate Yourself in Life
How to Be Optimistic in Life
How to Dictate Your Purpose in Life
In Praise of a Dynamic Life
PURPOSE.
How to Enjoy Life
Photography Therapy
How to Conquer Regret
Take Your Play Very Seriously.
How to Prosper
Memento Vivere
Destroy in Order to CREATE
Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
Seek Knowledge, Not Information
The Purpose of Human Life
How to Overcome Impedence
Why I Love Death
How to Be Centered in the Eternal Now
How to Be Happy
Why Do You Care What Others Think of You?
Why I’m Happy
Why?
Why I’m So Prolific
How to Reduce LAG in Life

Masters of Philosophy »

Seneca
Marcus Aurelius
Publilius Syrus

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