A Good Life

Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:

“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of b

The “5 salaries” idea: jobs pay you financially, educationally, psychologically, socially, and in freedom.

On finding your second wind:

“Sooner or later, however, a writer (or at least a writer of my type) finds himself at a crossroads: he has exhausted his initial experience of the world and the ways of expressing it and he must decide how to proceed from there.

He can, of course, seek ever more brilliant ways of saying the things he has already sa

a huge part of creating the life you want is crossing your personal boundaries of cringe and breaking the walls of embarrassment that limit your choices

10 Signs you're doing well in life

You have a roof over your head.

You ate today.

You have a good heart.

You wish good for others.

You have clean water.

Someone cares for you.

You strive to be better.

You have clean clothes.

You have a dream.

You're breathing.