how_do_i_improve_my_life Twitch I've gotten nowhere in the past year and a half I've almost written no new songs since the first time I posted. I still dont have a steady band. I did kind of have a girl...(but thats all too often the case.) damn... I figure someone here most like their life. 050915 ... stork daddy oooh weeee man you came to the wrong place! actually i like my life kinda. and that's really the secret. like your life. 050915 ... emmi it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got... was it buddha who said that? oh no, sorry, it was sheryl crow. buddha said "to have more, desire less" 050916 ... aidan here's your task for tomorrow. make some time, sit down for a few hours and write a song or two. don't put it off. 050916 ... Twitch Aiden... yes sir! that can be my mission! IM me about it! (my SN is StringedDream 050916 ... Twitch I think I've found my problem (or at least part of it... stringeddream: i wanna get into life stringeddream: i always feel like im really holdin bak stringeddream: like i cant just live stringeddream: yea....thats just how i feel Deadtoeveryone08: o k??? Deadtoeveryone08: not to be mean or anything but r u on drugs?? ok...needless to say...that wasnt the most flattering response... still, I think I hit on something... I dont quite LIVE... I think too much...I spend more time in my mind then I do in the World... 050917 ... daxle meditate. learn to be in your body and let your thoughts float away, seeing them for the mostly useless and agitating things that they are. 050917 ... Piso Mojado maybe- i_need_to_work_on_my_imagination ? 050917 ... ever dumbening since someone already asked me this: innerviews_ever_dumbening and that was written at the cusp of a massive amount of positive change for me. it's only vague guidlines, YMMV, but i still think there's a nugget or two. 050917 ... ferret the_truths_of_life 050918 ... 123 How_can___ 050918 ... dee have an epiphany 050919 ... phil 1. figure out what life is 2. sacrifice your selfish thoughts 3. break your own misunderstanding 4. develop a single skill completely 5. respect even simple tasks 6. enjoy your freedom 7. share like an idiot 050919 ... Twitch I love asking questions like this. I'd like to think that there is a simple answer... Like to truely be happy you just need to be left handed...or dance a lot. idk.. something that is quick and easy. 050929 ... Twitch It's just a feeling I get... Yesterday for a second or two, on my work break, I felt like life isn't bad at all. I don't quite know how or why I got that feeling, but it was nice. 050930 ... z seeking happiness is defining one's self as unhappy. it will find you if you relax. it is everywhere. see: drastic_and_beautiful_strangeness sensorium random_description beautiful_universe 050930 ... z see: experiential_bliss 050930 ... unhinged i've got to get rid of this complex that attracts me to wounded helpless assholes. maybe i have too much c inside of me; caring, compassion, coagulate. 050930 ... Twitch well... i'll try not to define myspef as unhappy. 051002 ... Twitch Well if there's one thing Ive learned...at least for me... Happiness does not = drugs. Its probably God...I'll find it eventually. 051005 ... Twitch I don't know what to do anymore. I want to be happy...But how can I do it? I sing, play guitar, and harmonica...isn't that worth something? But compare me www.myspace.com/benkurtzer to this guy... www.myspace.com/rosslippencott ...his voice is higher then mine...and ... damnit i dont know...in many ways it probably is nicer... I know that comparing myself to others is a bad thing...but please just listen to the music on both sites...and tell me what you think... Oh...and advice on how to be happy is still apreciated... 051011 ... Twitch damn... he has a nic john mayor quality to him... and im blah... idk...maybe i just have a different kind of voice (funny how my mood swings so much in a matter of minutes) 051011 ... Twitch No... now im starting to think he's just better... (Only on blather could I fight with myself this freely) 051011 ... someguy Its all good friend. 051012 ... Twitch Life is ok now... It's weird...I wish I could feel this chilled_out more often. 051017 ... Lemon_Soda Just because it feels good doesn't mean it is. We are different from animals only when we excercise the ability to deny our bodys cravings for a greater good, either personal or communal. 051017 ... Twitch Well I got my lisence today... Once I find out where places are...things should change. 051018 ... anne-girl whenever i expect things to change they never do and when i'm happy the way things are they change but maybe that's just me 051018 ... daxle remember to breathe eat well exercise try to sleep apologize when you should generally, take care of yourself and others. 051018 ... Twitch that would explain why i dont feel so hot... I probably don't breathe very well... I don't eat good foods... and I really don't exercise (except for 40 situps in the morning and at night) 051019 ... String Visit the temple_of_string ! 051019 ... String Or rather the_temple_of_string 051019 ... Twitch Wow... String is awesome! 051020 ... Twitch Despite the enlightment that string has given me... Life is still...blah... 051025 ... unhinged bodhisattva_vow 060113 ... Piso Mojado find meaning for your life instead (everything else will fall into place) 060113 ... Twitch Some good advice was given here. At the end of the day, I was at a place where I needed to give up drugs and alcohol. Outside of that - the secret to a large part of "success" (whatever the fuck that is) has been learning to enjoy the seemingly arduous activities in life that also happen to have high returns. 170925 what's it to you? who go blather from