Is Joy better than Love? I don't know. But I know I like the idea of joy better than love. Here's why: Imagine sitting alone in an empty room. No one's with you. No one's watching. It's just yo…
Brainwashing gets a bad rap. "Reprogramming" sounds better, but they mean the same thing: Forcing someone, against their will, to stop acting one way and start acting another. So yeah, I'm going…
"The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is..." — Deep Thought, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy An answer without a question is meaningless. I don't have a…
The "SExIER Curve" is best understood with the following story: Imagine you’re walking down the street enjoying a beautiful day. A limousine pulls alongside you and stops. “Excuse me!” A man in …
I spent my entire life searching for the secret to happiness. I was fascinated by the topic. I had been a self-described “victim” of depression for my entire adult life, and happiness always seeme…
[The following article was written in January 2017. An update of the year's progress will be posted next week to my email list. ] It’s asked at the beginning of every year: “So… any New Year’s reso…
Hello. It’s me again, the Mule. The Unknown called me out in a post you have have seen about the Affirmation Experiment, and I thought I might give an update to how that is going. Also, my piss now s…
"People don't have trouble with goals, they have trouble defining their goals." The Mule is one of my closest friends, and if you haven’t read his affirmation story, please do. I’ve known him for ov…
One of my dreams when I started the Affirmation Experiment was to find a close friend of mine — someone I've known for years — and see if affirmations would work for them. The Mule and I have known…
