What’s your miserable reality?
In a world that seeks out happiness as it’s ultimate goal, how do we make ourselves so utterly miserable? Personally, I think it involves a great deal of skill and dedication. And if you are hellbent on being miserable, here are some of the places to start.
Welcome to Worry-Land : Here, the endless agonising over everyday situations, is a must. We recommend excessive worrying about anything and everything. Curl up in a sobbing ball whilst terrifying yourself stupid.
Avoid anything new or potentially difficult. Optimism about the future only leads to bitter disappointment. Enjoy mentally designing drama and expect it to play-out in real life. Ruminate on your own behaviour, and over-analyse your every possible imperfection.
Perhaps Boredom-Ville is more your style : Where
cultivating boredom by doing nothing is the ultimate dream, until everything is predictable and life no longer holds any excitement. I mean, why bother?! Do not learn new skills and do not get creative, unless you are creating problems just to give your life some zing? Do not pass Go! Don’t do things you enjoy and offer up only minimal effort.
Then there is Complain-City : Where you can grumble to your hearts content. Share your dissatisfaction with every ear in the vicinity.
Exaggerate the misery whilst hoping some mythical knight on a white horse will come and save you (before you complain they didn’t do it fast enough!).
Ditch the gratitude, counting your blessings is for idiots! Look for flaws, dents and annoyances and magnify them to Himalayan proportions.
Ramble into Self-Loathing Borough : The ideal place to bathe in a negative self identity. Recall all the times you were told you were not good enough by parents, teachers, and just about anybody, and shine a spotlight on your flaws. Hold on to these labels as your own personal trademark! Believe whatever complete strangers say about you, because surely they know more about you than you do!
Rage into Tantrum-Town : It’s an excellent way to ruin trust and relationships. Be unpredictable, pick a fight, scream blue murder (preferably in public for at least 15 minutes!). Go large, blow a few circuits and then deny it ever happened. Because let’s face it, it’s all about you and they are just being inconsiderate and don’t understand . You don’t need a two sided conversation, you just need them to listen and accept the blame.
Once you have visited all of these places, take a moment to reflect on what your lifestyle is gifting you, or stripping away.
In the biological lottery (that you have won, by the way), to simply be born is a miracle – your odds are 1 in 400,000, 000,000,000! Yet here you are, given this once in a lifetime (pun intended) opportunity. We are experts at denying that our time is limited. We weirdly expect that we will get to old age in perfect health, without our way of life affecting our wellbeing or sanity. It’s your life, therefore your chosen lifestyle. Are you making the most or the worst of it?