- Believe that, as a human being, you are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Believe that, as a citizen of the wealthiest country in the world, you have the right to free health care, free education, and a comfortable standard of living.
- Believe that your parents’ failures at parenting account for your shortcomings.
- Believe that you have a right NOT to be offended.
- Keep a mental record of the harms others have done to you.
- Keep a mental record of anyone doing better than you that doesn’t deserve to be.
- Postpone or avoid experiences that take you out of your comfort zone.
- Be attentive to aging. Imagine that every ache and pain is another sign of your senescence.
- When listening to others, think about how what they are saying applies to you.
- Try to improve your financial situation by befriending wealthier people.
- Try to improve your emotional situation by climbing the social ladder.
- Allow bullies to bully you.
- Spend time with people that you don’t like or admire.
- Socialize with people that don’t like or admire you.
- Depend on your spouse, your family, or your friends for your self-esteem.
- Depend on anyone but yourself for your financial wellbeing.
- Do work that you don’t value.
- Forgo learning for amusement.
- Think about yourself… incessantly.
- When you have the choice, always take the easier path.
- See yourself, unconsciously, at the center of the universe.
Notes From My Journal