The Exasperated Man

That's a huge title.  Wikipedia defines the Hedonic treadmill as such. “ ...as a person makes more money, expectations and desires rise in tandem, which results in no permanent gain in happiness.”  Now that the topic looks promising, let me tell you a little story. Five years ago, I had really terrible INTERNET. It was slow, with limited bandwidth. I had to carefully choose the websites I visited to about exceeding my bandwidth. I really wanted a high speed INTERNET. Then I got into a better plan which gave me an increase in speed. But then Bandwidth was always a problem. Then I got into a plan which not only increased speed but also gave me unlimited bandwidth within a limited period within a day. But then I had to queue all the videos I wanted to see until this particular period when I got unlimited bandwidth and that was kind of irritating. The I got into an Unlimited plan. But there was a little compromise on speed. Now I was unlimited ban...

“ We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” - Seneca Thoughts keep going in our head all the time. The problem occurs when we impose our identity with them. Identity is what you are, or rather what you think you are. When you impose a thought on your identity and if that thought is negative, your identity suffers, and when the identity suffers, you suffer. Wait a minute, let me rewind. You are not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. - Tyler Durden – Fight CLub Ever seen kids being afraid of the dark, they imagine these boogie monsters everywhere and get seriously scared about things. But when things grow, they learn that there are no monsters under the bed. So the think of new things to be afraid of. Afraid of going out. Afraid of failing. Afraid of making a move. We all imagine our identities as a seemingly id...

" I am in competition with no one. I run my own race. I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone, in any way, shape or form. I just aim to improve, to be better than I was before. That's me and I'm free." -  Anonymous I have been intrigued by the silent types in movies for a long time; this curiosity about the heroes, who wouldn’t speak too much, or rather let their actions speak. Once can find such persona in movies such as Undisputed III or Rambo (especially Rambo 4, 2008), the silent Stallone types. I wondered what would be going in their minds to be so independent of thought, to think beyond the general people; to be free in what positions they are in; to never try to please anyone at all. These characters usually have one/more of the following specification in the movies:        1.        They are silent and prefer to be left alone.        2.      ...