He’s indolent, lazy, and loves to introduce people to his big sister. He comes off looking harmless, mild, but he’s evil. His name is Boredom, and he is the gateway emotion to a much larger world of bad attitudes and feelings.
how much time I waste convincing myself to get started on a task I don’t like.
Have you ever been in love? You know the feeling, the one that grows richer the longer you know the person. How many of you have someone you love very much? Have you ever loved someone that the impact of them on your life was so visibly evident that people…
A pattern commonly found among people who enter a new pursuit is, upon first introduction, to like everything without regard. Later, after having learned more, they tend to take on a sort of proud pugishness about their "understanding" of a form, disliking people who break the rules, and often writing…
Dopamine doesn’t manage pleasure so much as it manages how interesting stuff appears to our brains. I came across an ask.metafilter.com question about how to manage anger. A lot of people indicated that exercise (one person mentioned sex specifically) was a good way to work off the excess energy, but…
I used to tell people that a person studies and imitates the masters work in order to understand the techniques used to create them. Only after we understand the tools and methods of whatever craft we pursue are we able to let out the creativity we hold within ourselves.Michael Reichmann…