I’m just some random lady, but I do try to contribute to making the world better. It’s hard though, cause there’s so many people actively giving their all, their effort and their resources, to make it worse.
I do try to contribute to making the world better.
I do this too, but I’ve found that the far more accessible and long reaching positive impacts are actions of little nudges from a slight negative state to a slight positive one. The mental visual I use is like a meteor is on a collision course with Earth, if you change its path ever so slightly when its far far away from Earth, you’ll avoid the catastrophe. The amount of effort and energy is tiny at that point, but the benefit is immeasurably large.
So what do these nudges look like? It could be as little as thanking someone for something they don’t expect to get thanked for. It could be being a customer and calling a manager over to compliment a worker’s efforts and make sure they get recognized. It could be stopping on the side of the road when someone is having car trouble. It could be seeing someone left some personal belonging when they left, and call out to them or chase after them to let them know, or even just turning in a valuable item to lost and found fully intact. Sometimes its just letting someone know that they’ve been heard or that they’re not alone, or that you appreciate that they exist in this world. None of these things require superpowers or immeasurable wealth. Its little nudges you can push the universe back toward the positive against all the negative going on today.
I’ve done good work to help queer and trans youth gain acceptance and defense, but my budget is one comma, sometimes not even that much, compared with the four commas of the machines running the federal government, cackling about our suffering, while they post pictures of alligators wearing hats.
But did you think about the profits that could be made from mining the meteor after its collision with earth?
Even a kind smile or sincerely wishing someone a good day can be enough. You can perhaps do more, but even this can be a support for people, something to look forward to on difficult days
It’s fine to try, but it’s also important to know that it’s OK if you don’t.
Whenever I’m having a rough time, I like to play this song by Hairy Soul Man to help calm me down
we really do inflate our sense of importance. so many of the most important parts of a healthy mind are wrapped in nihilism.
Same exact vibe for people unhappy about their family/romantic situation. You don’t live in an after-school sitcom, or Hallmark movie, you’re a normal dork living in the real world with real and often very flawed people. Forget about the anime protagonist with the weird hair and spectacular magic fate, you’re one of those wieners sitting in the background of scenes. Take it easy on yourself.
Been on a Steely Dan kick lately, nice to see them get some love here 💖
If you’re not a billionaire or a republican you’re doing an awesome job by just not being a complete dick. Today might be a tough day, but look in the mirror, force a little smile, and tell yourself, damn, at least I didn’t end up a fucking billionaire.
Being a boring nobody is one of the most freeing things in the world.
He just made zen overcomplicated.
Zen needs a points system. Gamify it to make it more compelling and competitive
What’s your favorite app for that? Anyone got recommendations? Something to help me track my progress and remind me to properly Zen like the Zen pros, but also maybe quietly compare my Zen to those around me, starting with my friends & loved ones?
I would be so Zen if I could only get some daily pointers on optimizing my ordinary, unremarkable, totally un-unique experience of reality toward the epitome of Zen©.
There’s this paid app called Zenolingo. It’s a simple one time fee and of course there’s the Zen+ subscription you’ll also want because you accrue ZenPoints much faster. They recently introduced ads but you also get ZenPoints from watching them, which imo is pretty fair.
You don’t have to pay anything on top of that, but if you’re running out on DailyZen then by buying ZenCredits you can top up your ZenAccount
Do you have a deferral code I can use in-app to properly thank you, kind stranger?
That is antithetical to zen.
That’s the joke
Wooooosh. My bad.
+1 zen point for self acceptance
0 feels like home.
-1 zen point for you
That’s -1 zen points for you.
Didn’t they do something like this in The Good Place?
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Lol ass person
what kinda of Ramza ass advice is this
“Surrender now, and die in obscurity!”
Fuck this anti-Ramza propaganda… Delita was a piece of shit and took all the credit, but Ramza was the real hero. If you know, you know.
I’m not just some random dude though. I’m the guy who fixed that pipe that one time. That was pretty remarkable.
Well, I’m just speaking for myself here, but I never had those expectations of myself. OTHER PEOPLE had those expectations of me. It wasn’t until I hit middle age, and said “fuck those assholes” that I truly started being happy.
Don’t forget about consent and compassionate prep. 🤌🏼
This made me think of the term sonder. That random ass dude in the vape store has a story. That story has beauty, sadness, joys, and much more. And so do you. Meeting people there is beautiful and rare.
I’m honestly glad I’m just some random jackass. Cause then I can let the small pleasures and joys in my life be meaningful. Not sure if I’m wording that very well, but yeah
