Fuck It!
I like these two word a lot. I especially like the first word (who doesn’t?), but I like Fuck It in particular when they join forces - oh and I love it when they come with the exclamation mark!
I like Fuck It! because amongst other things Fuck It! represents an almighty letting go of what we had previously been clinging on to so tightly - typically in the face of overwhelming evidence that we are wrong about the Way Things Are. Notice I capitalised that last phrase, and I did so deliberately. It deserve capitalisation because The Way Things Are is pretty fucking fundamental. You can’t argue with The Way Things Are, it just is that way. Sure, things will change and the Way Things Are right now will become the way things were (deliberately uncapitalised), but the Way Things Are will still be, well, The Way Things Are! You had better get used to it, because it’s all you have to work with. Fuck It! can help you to see that - actually Fuck It! is pretty much all you can say when you do see that!
The other reason I like the phrase Fuck It! is because it represents a Read the rest of this entry »
Do you want to be free? To live without constraints? Have enough money so that money doesn’t matter anymore? To be free of your work or the demands of others on your time? Do you want to be able to do anything whatsoever whenever it pleases you? Fine aims indeed. And there are thousands of people out there willing to tell you how you can do it (for a price). However, it appears to me that having a life without limits or constraints would be a very uninteresting life indeed. In fact, constraints are essential for all of us, and are what makes life interesting. Read the rest of this entry »
Though it’s been a little quieter around here on WLI lately, it’s not that I’ve been neglecting my posting duties. A few weeks ago, I was honoured to be offered a writing gig over at TastefullyDriven.com (TD). TD is a brand spanking new lifestyle site that offers quality products, unique blog articles and a community forum to provide a 360 degree lifestyle design experience. Set up by four 20 somethings from Albany, NY, the site also has a conscience - giving 5% pre-tax profits to charitable orangizations in Upstate New York.
My first post for TD talks about problem solving and how we can all improve it. Here’s a quick appetizer:
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Fuck It!
