The self-described “compulsive list-maker” shared these in [his talk at TED in 2004](http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/view\/id\/50).<\/p>\n
* Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.<\/p>\n
* Thinking life will be better in the future is stupid, I have to live now.<\/p>\n
* Being not truthful works against me.<\/p>\n
* Helping other people helps me.<\/p>\n
* Organizing a charity group is surprisingly easy.<\/p>\n
* Everything I do always comes back to me.<\/p>\n
* Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on.<\/p>\n
* Over time I get used to everything and start taking it for granted.<\/p>\n
* Money does not make me happy.<\/p>\n
* Traveling alone is helpful for a new perspective on life.<\/p>\n
* Assuming is stifling.<\/p>\n
* Keeping a diary supports my personal development.<\/p>\n
* Trying to look good limits my life.<\/p>\n
* Worrying solves nothing.<\/p>\n
* Material luxuries are best enjoyed in small doses.<\/p>\n
* Having guts always works out for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The self-described “compulsive list-maker” shared these in [his talk at TED in 2004](http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/view\/id\/50). * Complaining is silly. Either act or forget. * Thinking life will be better in the future is stupid, I have to live now. * Being not truthful works against me. * Helping other people helps me. * Organizing a charity group…more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wjHJ-zQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bob.ryskamp.org\/brain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}