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The Relativity of Mammon
Read more: The Relativity of MammonIt is common nowadays to hear daily problems are boiled down to an inadequacy of material wealth, or in the other words, greenbacks are the antidote to grudges in everyday life. It seems both true and wrong. Money worshipper claims that fortune could guarantee happiness as it could bring physical comfort so as to provide…
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From Titty to Witty
Read more: From Titty to WittyI was flabbergasted when I learned what “tittytainment” is. The frustrated population of the world could be kept happy with a mixture of numbing entertainment and adequate food. … The world model of the future follows the formula 20 to 80. The one-fifth society is brewing in which the excluded will be immobilized with “tittytainment”…
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Hateful is the Dark-blue Sky
Read more: Hateful is the Dark-blue SkyFor anyone who has not watched the TV show, “White Lotus”, my only advice for you is, “run and turn on your TV sharp”. Although depicted in a dreamy resort that matches with everyone’s vacation goal, White Lotus is fundamentally nostalgic, much relating to an exciting theater play in the 19th century. Just like its…
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The Dichotomy of Marriage
Read more: The Dichotomy of MarriageIt is interesting to notice the dichotomy of marriage from, still, Pamela Druckerman’s genius project of There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story. The author dichotomizes the purposes of people getting hitched through different perspectives from the Americans vis-a-vis the French. Americans pay attention to self-actualization in their relationships, viewing their spouses as a…
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Hamlet Phenomenon
Read more: Hamlet PhenomenonNeurotic people think that life is like Hamlet, where they are Hamlet, and everyone is looking at them and judging their psyche in a good or bad way. In fact, everyone is his or her own Hamlet and views other people as minor characters in his or her personal drama. Kudos to this magnificent excerpt…
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Pamela Druckerman’s Work Advice
Read more: Pamela Druckerman’s Work AdviceI hate but I have to admit that I am currently drifting or at a standstill, professionally speaking. I am stuck in a situation of having no passion for what I should do and feeling potentials untapped, if there are any, reminiscing about Steve Jobs’ earlier interest in caligraphy learning. In these awakward and unproductive…
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How to be Wise from Pamela Druckerman
Read more: How to be Wise from Pamela DruckermanReading Pamela Druckerman’s There Are No Grown-ups is such a refreshing experience. Her witty, clever rendition injects a necessary dose of detachment for a struggling midlifer-to-be. This blogpost captures the essences of the chapter on how to be wise, including Pamela’s own thoughts and her citations of influencial reseaches on the topic, which have the…
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Perfectionism Syndrome
Read more: Perfectionism SyndromeHere goes the disclaimer. This blogpost is not a scientific paper but an interesting finding from an amateur life observer. Just like the start of many other similar blogposts, it suddenly occurs to me that one common enemy of happiness may be lurking around near us, but commonly goes unnoticeable. It may not be the…
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Self Harmony
Read more: Self HarmonyCarl Jung is known for his shadow theory. He stated that the unknown dark side of each person’s personality is his or her shadow. “Everyone carries a shadow and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is”, as he published in 1938. As no one could run…
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The Promised
Read more: The PromisedReview of A Promised Land Mr. Obama feels more relatable to me than ever. Although serving in one of the most powerful positions, he undeniably epitomizes a deep-rooted faith in liberalism, or the white leftism, as most critics would call. Without a storytelling of the brutality of political battles in and out of the White…
Martian Notes
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