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This manifesto will inspire you to do nothing.
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When you are unhappy, you do something to change it. When you are happy, you try to keep things the same way. This is the basis of human nature.
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Human life is very simple. You are born, you eat, shit, sleep, love, look around, grow kids and die. The end.
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Human happiness is easily achievable. You don’t need to climb the highest mountain to be happy.
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Remember the last time you were really happy? I bet it didn’t happen at the peak of Mount Everest.
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More. More. More. We don’t have time. We should multitask. We must have goals. Visit more countries. Run more miles. Achieve. Achieve. Achieve.
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Nobody pays attention to the old guys who just sit by the window and look.
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Gurus are preaching: You should live your every day as the last!
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What’s the rush if it is your last day? What goals are you trying to achieve if you will have no tomorrow?
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Old guys by the window live like it is their last day. We should learn from them.
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Do you really want to spend your last day in a traffic jam, making meaningless phone calls, writing emails or going through human & machine crap on social networks?
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We lost the ability to wait. We forget that clocks just count, they don’t create time.
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We are losing our skills of meaningful search. You know whom to blame. But will we blame? After all, they just wanted a perfect user experience.
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So many great examples! So many goals achieved! So many records broken! Tons of inspiration! Loads of articles and books!
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Inspiration is a very profitable industry.
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The business of inspiration is supported by all governments, churches and even non-profit organizations.
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Why still we have so many unhappy people?
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Maybe humans were not made to achieve? To run, run, run, run. To multitask. To even have goals. Or personality.
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Maybe the concept of personality has nothing to do with us? When the factory was invented, they needed to count the workers. The concept of personality was an accidental side-product. First was the number. Then came the name.
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We are still in the factory. It only got bigger. So, we still must be inspired to achieve. To run. To set goals. To have a personality. It will help us run faster. And more. And never leave the factory.
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The ones who leave the factory are turned into inspirational stories. So those who remain can have a dream of doing the same one day. But before that, they have to achieve, achieve, achieve.
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So, let’s imagine you have only one day to live (don’t worry — they have wild parties on the last day only in Hollywood movies).
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Will you worry about global warming? Or the results of the last presidential election? Will you try to empty your inbox? Will your achievements matter? Will your well-developed personality be of any use?
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No rush. No fake worries. No future goals. No issues to be solved. No need to pretend.
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You will probably be sad. But sadness is ok. You will understand that human life is temporary. It is sad. But it is ok.
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You will probably wish to embrace the ones you love if you have them. Or sit with them without saying nothing. Make love. Read a poem. Or play a board game.
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If you are alone (a rather usual situation these days), you will remember. You will enjoy a moment or two from that slice of time you were given.
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Human memories are great, even if some greedy humans try to kill them with constantly updated timelines and walls.
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Music is a great engine of memories. So, you will probably put on some of your favourite melodies. Not those that are trending today. The ones that you listen in private mode.
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You can even look through the window. Remember — many years ago you enjoyed observing how trees were talking to the wind. Or rain falling on the ground. Or sunbeam tickling the old building.
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You can take a walk. Slowly or fast. Only this time no app will count your steps — if it is the last day, who cares about your week’s achievements?
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You can run if you feel like. Or ride a bike. You can even take a car and revisit the location of your first date.
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I hope this way you will escape the terror of time. You will forget that it is your last day. And what if it is not? Would you dare to spend another day like this if you were given the chance?
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You see — it is all very easy. No need for inspiration, role-models or training. No efforts you put in achieving your usual goals or achievements.
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It is very easy to do nothing. And still, have a meaningful life. Or day.
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Skelbta: Medium, 2018 sausio 7 d.
