I wish people were honest more often.
We base our entire society on lies, and for what purpose?
It’s better to be honest, in the long-term, in virtually every situation, yet we almost never tell the truth.
“How are you?”
“I’m good.”
Most people answer this question with the boiler-plate “I’m good” every day, even when they aren’t feeling “good” at all.
There’s lots of crap in life, and we need to embrace that.
“How are you?”
“I tripped playing basketball last Friday, so I’ve had a sprained ankle since then. I also accidentally got a hot slice in my left hand yesterday because I was trying to sharpen a stick with my Leatherman multi-tool. Today, somebody left a note on my car that reads, ‘I know where you live.’ I’m telling you now because it’s interesting, so I’m laughing it off to act like I’m not nervous, but I’m actually terrified.”
WHAT?!
We need more answers like this. Lies just camouflage the awesomeness of the truth. The truth is almost always cooler than lies.
I made this scenario up, but stuff like this does happen regularly, believe it or not. The mundaneness of everyday life is so under-appreciated.
Life is mundane, as stubbornly as you might be trying to convince yourself otherwise. The sooner you realize that MOST of life is just straight-up boring, the more you’ll be able to enjoy those boring parts, because the boring parts of life are always the funniest.
I know what I’m talking about—I thought about this a lot.
Until next time,
Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder
