Everyone makes their own choices in life, even those who choose to let others make them for them; they chose that. If I feel that to be happy I must live in a certain area, be surrounded by certain people and make a certain amount of money then that's my standard, it's what I want out of life.

But the system in place can easily ruin ones chances at succeeding, we are not all super economists, most of us are just average people working average jobs living average lifestyles. I don't feel like settling for average. Why, because it'll make me better than you average people? Hell no it won't make me a damn bit better, but it's what I want.

Realizing that you want more from life than most people is halfway to getting where you want, now you must put yourself into action. Do not delay! If you want something then get it. What separates us from what we want to be is ourselves; we are our own worst enemy. There are those who simply do not care despite their suffering and complaining they just cannot exert the necessary will-power to do anything other than lay around.

Can anyone truly be happy? The pursuit of happiness is an eternal chase. As the saying goes, "ignorance is bliss." - I find much truth in this. The stupid are the happiest of all! For how could understanding be synanimous with joy? Wisdom does not make one happy nor does it make one depressed; knowledge is plain and unexciting. Curiosity develops from not knowing something, once that thing is known it is no longer fascinating. A magicians trick will get no applause if the crowd knows how it's done.

I had written an entry and it was deleted before I was able to post it, I'd like to thank the F5 key.

I don't even feel like rewriting it.

Good day :D

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This is a bit off from what I wrote originally before it was accidentally deleted but I'll try anyway.

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People must be constant in their efforts to succeed, if we want something we should go get it, if we dislike something we should do everything in our power to change it. It is those who lack this motivation who will be forever glum.

Standard of living - Everyone has different standards of living; Where you live, whos around you and how much money you make. Everyone lives below or above someone elses standard of living; nobody lives the same. Would we be happy if we all had the same standard of living? No, but we would not be depressed about it. The thing is there will always be someone below you and there will always be someone above you so regardless you will feel the same in life. 

How one wishes to live is different though, perhaps you've grown weary of your lifestyle and wish to be at a higher standard of living - it'll take work to get there and once your goal is accomplished you'll feel exactly how you did once before except this time you crave even more. A friend told me once that happiness is relative to the amount of material possessions those around you have, you don't have to have more than everyone else just more than those around you. What truth is this? This is the logic of the incompetent and lame. To confide in having a higher standard of living is no happiness. 

Do you feel that some people are better than others? Of course the man who wishes to excel and go beyond is better than those who desire nothing but their asses. We are not all equal, we are hardly equal! And that is great. We can be more than anyone has ever been and it's all up to your self, inequality how great a thing!

The human will is an amazing thing. We are able to make choices, we can do what we want. The magnitude of this ability is huge. Although we have will we still have instinctual nature to fulfill our animalistic urges; we have the power to choose when and where, and that is what separates us from the wild things.

There are those who choose to live hedonistically, wanting nothing more than to satiate their physical urges and hunger above all else. We are not animals! Certain indulgences can wait. What value should be placed in is the advancement of mankind in every way possible.

What makes you happy? Does your collection of comic books, baseball cards or hats bring you pleasure? Does purchasing designer clothing at an outrageous price give you a sense of well being? These things really mean nothing. They are nothing more than interests. In the end your comic books and baseball cards are just pieces of paper with either trivia statistics or fictional stories written on them, your hats worth nothing more than keeping the sun out of your eyes, your designer clothing just as efficient as something more affordable.

Why do you keep up with social trends? Because your will is weak. You are lacking in values and place false ones on frivilous things in order to give yourself a false sense of contentment. It's the perfect time to assess where your values stand and whether or not they're a benefit to you or anything else.

You know something? We could all die right now. No matter what preventive measures we take or how careful we are theres always the chance of sudden death. We could live to be in our hundreds if we're rare but the odds of that are pretty slim. Our time here is finite and is valuable to us so we should not waste it. Spend your time however you wish as it's your time but is watching an eight hour marathon of "The Real World" really how you want to spend your Saturday?

As people we will never be contented with what we accomplish, at least we never should be, I feel. Feeling satisfied with life isn't really a positive thing; it hinders productivity, it gives you the delusion that you are perfect regardless of flaws. And it is with this belief that mankind is slowed in progress towards our goal of transcending the boundaries of what we are capable of.

These memes will benefit you in no way! Do not exuberate with others who share your lifestyle of vegatation; your social gathering of decadence is nothing to enjoy.

What a waste.

You think you're special? "What kind of question is that? Of course I'm special; I'm me!" Well you aren't. You're no better than I or anyone else. The fact of it is that anything you do in life ultimately will not matter after death. Leave a mark? Should I leave my words etched in the sidewalk only to be weathered away by footsteps of the masses? Life is nothing more than a mockery of death.

But don't get me wrong, I'm not saying wallow in despair until your demise. Do as you please because if you're given something it becomes your property. As soon as life is given to you it becomes whatever you want it to be; you are your own God.