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Everyone knows I'm a misanthrope of note, right? It's not without reason. Now I know I'm much too young to be wise, but here are a few protips for living, as it were. Consider this part 1. I'll write more when I've learned more.

1. If you cannot love the life you're living, do not pretend to love the life you're living.

This may read easily, but I know it's not. The world expects us all to be sunshine and daisies, because 'there's always someone worse off.' That isn't exactly comforting, is it? You're being guilted into optimism. Forced optimism, friends, does not make you a better person. It does not change your circumstances. All it does is act as a rose-tint to your specs. You aren't blind. You can see what's ahead of you, because only you have a front view of your life. Adjust the fucking sails yourself, instead of relying on dying children in Africa to act as a comparable measure to your own life.

2. The overwhelming majority of people never think; and those who think never become the overwhelming majority. Choose your side.

This may seem disgracefully sad at first, but it's nature at work. Think about it, every creature that lives in a colony or clan has some degree of structure. A hierarchy. A vanguard. An echelon (Yes, I totally used 'echelon' for the 30STM fans). Ahem. Point being, not everyone can be the Queen Bee. Those entrusted with a higher functioning have never been amongst the plebeians. 

3. If you cannot choose, then just exist; be a mushroom or a plant.

It's human nature to be indecisive. If you're unsure about what your options are, then create your own. Be productive, but don't hinder those who have already chosen. Just exist. If this seems daunting to you because you've never strayed onto a path of your own creation before, read Sylvia Plath's 'Mushrooms'. You have so much potential. Practice the art of becoming.

4. If you have no interest in their answers, then do not ask questions.

If you've met me, you'd know that I don't speak unless I'm replying to someone I care to talk to, or am speaking about something that interests me. The world has become grievously polluted by noise. I make reference here to the dearth of real music in our times and the infiltration of mindless garbage salvaged from the Limited Lyrics Warehouse. Sadly, not many people choose their words with caution anymore. I've been subjected to the most mundane of conversations before, and ended them abruptly for lack of interest in their answers. Stop confusing friendliness with familiarity. "I've got nothing to say, and I'm saying it."

5. Nothing is as far away as a minute ago. 

I've done a post on time, before. We've established that it is relative. Today I had a most engaging conversation with Dmetri about how there is no 'now'. It's one thing to understand the concept of the present, but we can never anticipate it. We were not meant to truly react to immediacy. The 'now' we speak of passes by as we speak of it. Time traipses by ever so gracefully. Beautiful, no? Regret for wasted time is more wasted time. 

6. There are no facts; only interpretations.

This seems like some sort of noetic notion, but it's interestingly viable. There is no ultimate decider; just us. This implies that there is leeway for broader horizons, as it were. Expansion of thought occurs when interpretations are acknowledged, if not accepted. 

For all this and more to come, I regret that it takes a lifetime to learn how to live.