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- 10goto10, on 10/29/2007, -2/+51H.A.M.M.E.R.T.I.M.E.
- whymanwhy, on 10/30/2007, -5/+27this sounds like meaningless dr.phil advice
- BalsamLane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Drinking lots of vodka has worked well for me, but your mileage may vary.
- Kickboy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Your forgetting the hidden step #5:
Smoke a lot of weed. - lordmutt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Here's a tip s.t.o.p. reading digg and s.t.a.r.t. going outside to the "real world".....heh not that i will
- OpenDiscussion, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Sex Tops Other Pleasures
- edwartica, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6S.T.O.P.
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Prostitute - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9What if I want to kill myself right now? I mean I make more money than I could ever imagine, I have been all over the world, I have had crazy times in the Czech Republic, Japan, Vietnam, Montana, NYC, and San Francisco etc...
I mean I have created ***** that all of you ***** use, I have seen more ***** in my short 30 years than most people would dream of seeing.
And I am left with a shallow and complacent society that upholds lame video games as great pieces of work, and cherishes lame art.
What is the point?! Really what is the point?
I mean I am suppose to marry some woman I am half way enamored with to raise a child in a world that upholds mediocrity as greatness?
We are a society that glamorizes and promotes mediocrity!
... - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4There should be a separate 'feel happy' section on Digg. What with the number of such posts.
- unrequited, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4dugg for the recursive self-help acronym.
- seneca, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"Pick up your neighbor's newspaper off of the sidewalk and take it up to their door. Give a knock just to hand it over and say "Hi' before moving on with your day."
This is a great idea. I think I might start washing my neighbor's bedroom windows at night. I bet they would really appreciate that. - Gnasche, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"O - Organize: Every day, arrange your schedule and your responsibilities so that you have 30 or 60 minutes when you will have no responsibilities whatsoever."
My weekly responsibilities are: 40hrs - work, 2hr - errands, 2hr - hygiene. I have 124hrs per week of no responsibilities, including 87hrs contiguous. I don't even own plants. If I have to make a schedule, that will actually be MORE responsibility. No thanks. - anjamerret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I like the principle. Nice and easy to work with.
- capiCrimm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I'm pretty sure we figured out the pleasure part fairly quickly. The problem is being productive AND happy.
- geodescent, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Actually you're supposed to donate all your money to me.
- RobotBuddha, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And that's not even mentioning the lack of actual evidence to back it up. The human mind is complex as hell, and people have been looking for the best way to be happy since the dawn of our species.
- BlackCow, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Make sure to post it on youtube.
But in all seriousness stop being so smug, if you are seriously depressed go seek help. Making fun of people on the internet isn't going to help you. - Goobernutz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I s.t.o.p.p.e.d. reading at "Take personal responsibility"
- ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Ganja.
- samby, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2This advice doesn't offer any meaningful insights into human nature and is therefore pretty insubstantial. Its almost as bad as 'Smile and then you'll be happy'.
Are people really so desperate for advice that they pay attention to this stuff? - albinoMithos, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Oh there's always the alternative for being happy without parachute pants: no pants.
- kidmaninwar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2i had to login and dugg ur comment, after i got up from rofl.
- capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2But there's no P for parachute pants? How can you be happy without parachute pants!
- IllBeBack, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3You've created ***** that we all use? Like what?
- capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Not to mention it messed with my emergency response acronym Stop, Think, Observe and Plan. Now I'm going to starve to death if I get lost. :(
- IllBeBack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I can't believe it's not bitter.
- ronaldst, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If only NLP were a solution.
- edwartica, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Heh, I didn't really think it was that good. It was just the first thing I could come up with.
- Laughto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Heh, and there I was thinking life was complicated. It is in fact very simple.
exactly what was being parodied in the monkeysphere article posted a little while back
http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=241 ... (second page, the bit about T-R-Y) - schoate09, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Biggest ***** troller ever.
- mojaam, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I though this was another life changing article too... the S did make sense though, I do it all the time, always know that there are those a lot less fortunate than you and be humble and grateful. That's why watching VH1's The Fabulous life of X or MTV Cribs and such is funny at times.
- V1ncent, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How to enjoy your life, STOP listening to stupid help texts
- CiXeL, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1if youve done what youve said youve immortalized yourself in what youve accomplished. focus on accumulating things or coming up with new things to make yourself important to this society or ones that come after it. carve blocks of stone any bury them.
- tanto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Unwind in bed. Rather than plop down in front of the TV, decompress together in bed. After the talking and relaxing, you might just find you’re not so tired after all.
http://orangtuamurid.info/blog/2007/02/28/fun-ways ... - ABEND954, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Before you check out, take some time to read the following book:
http://www.amazon.com/Purpose-Driven-Life-What-Ear ... - redthirteen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Leave the internet and go outside to meet with REAL people...........
- whitej, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0How can he post it on YouTube if he's dead? I only bring this up because I've run through the scenario in my head before, you would have to automate a script to take care of it I suppose.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Stewart Smalley should narrate this one - buried as gay.
- whitej, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Actually what worked for me was going to bed earlier and getting more hours of sleep. I was getting only 4 hours a night and I was wondering why I felt crappy and depressed.
- QuillShack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Suddenly u make me feel that life is so simple..just recall me back..like this article much..thanks for the ideas too. S.T.O.P in my future life.
- NonpareilNagle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0agreed.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1W.T.F?
- Spoomeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Please, no one show this article to someone like George Carlin, who's railed against this kind of self-centered crap for decades.
FTA:
"Do you have a roof over your head? Are you able to read and communicate with others? Do you have enough food to survive? Before you go thinking that those things are not worthy of your gratitude, consider the fact that there are millions - millions - of people in the world who live outside, cannot read or write, or who will die from malnutrition. From that perspective, just being alive with a full belly and a roof over your head suddenly seems like a gift, doesn't it?"
So, the first essential part of my path to well-being, personal satisfaction and a rewarding life is to be thankful that I've got it better than millions of other people? Which implies that I _am_ therefore better than those millions of other people? Or worse, implies that I haven't earned my position and rewards in life, and should carry around some weird combo of humility and guilt masquerading as perspective?
It goes on...
"Every day, arrange your schedule and your responsibilities so that you have 30 or 60 minutes when you will have no responsibilities whatsoever. ... The point is that no matter what you do with those 30 or 60 minutes, you send yourself the message that your life is about you."
Narcissistic much?
It goes on...
"Every single day, do one thing that is completely selfless. ... Yesterday at the grocery store I saw a lady juggling cans and she didn't have a cart to put them in. I had a cart, but I didn't have as many things as she did, so I took my stuff out of the cart and gave it to her. She was SO grateful, and I felt like a million bucks for having made the effort."
If this is all it takes to make you feel better about yourself, what kind of shallow existence have you led to this point? And why on God's greenish-gray earth should you feel like getting a Nobel Prize for putting out effort over such a trivial thing?
Oh yeah, that's right - because doing something truly substantial would require going and helping those starving homeless millions you cited above. Y'know, the ones that you're better than. Can't fix that, or else the "S." in "S.T.O.P." would stand for "Standard" or "Sucks" and not "Superior"!
IT GOES ON...
"Regardless of what it may seem like from an outside point of view (job, family, spouse, etc.), your entire life is made up of things that you do because you want to do them. Not all things are as enjoyable as other things, but you are participating in the creative process of your life every single moment of every single day by the things that choose to do. So ask yourself every day: "How can I proactively participate in the creation of my life today in a way that will make me feel good?""
Because it's all about feeling good. Not responsibilities, not participating in society as a whole, nothing about political or social awareness let alone involvement... just what makes you feel good. Sweet hopscotching Judas Priest! It's the late 80s all over again.
Seriously: what yuppie ***** wrote this article? And where can I go to drop a BMW full of Starbucks coffee and iPods on him or her, from 6 stories up? - derekschauland, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Sometimes the simples advice, no matter how Dr. Phil it seems, may be the best. Sure the self helpy stuff is cheesy, but if you take the time to consider these things rather than complain about them, you might find them to work well for you
- zendegany, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0the article sounds wise and easy to follow …
but i dont think its as easy as it sounds …
i wanna STOP … i’ll try … hehe … - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0No relationship will define or complete you when a relationship - by definition - involves two or more people
- robphillips, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1"Stop" can not be the "S" in the acronym "S.T.O.P.". This is when you should no longer care about reading from this author.
- wyrdwynter, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Looks and sounds like good NLP to me
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0I don't have time for help. Thanks though, your comment made me laugh, and made me think for a moment. I guess I will find out whether or not Jesus is the real deal or not.
However I already know that is a bunch of ***** and I will be disappointed AGAIN! -
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