Rae’s Reviews > 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think > Status Update

Didn’t finish this essay, too busy 🤮 (💀)

No assessment of an essay today, just happy Ash Wednesday :)

And no I’m not giving up reading for Lent u can’t rip the books outta my hand sorry LOL

I feel v called out. “12 signs the only problem with ur life is that u think about it more than u live it” and then 2 of the signs are “u maladaptive daydream” and “you try to find comfort in over analyzing old things to make more sense of them” … this feels personal 💀😂

This essay was called “how to detox ur mind” which I thought was good timing to read while trying to calm down from smt that just happened but it actually just pissed me off more💀 i cant say “this is all wrong” , but not everything can be applicable to everyone and unfortunately this just made me go, (in the least concerning way possible pls dw): how am I surviving rn fr💀 (IM FINE LOL) but omfg

My reaction to this essay: GOSH FRICKEN YES! x1000!! This literally speaks about whats been on my mind that I wish people would fricken understand but I’m gonna save my tangent for the comment section under this cuz this has a word limit so here’s some quotes instead:

“Life isn’t logical.” !!!

“People who waste their lives search for reasons to love rather than ways to love”

I have no more room-

“Truly coming to peace with anything is to be able to say: thank you for that experience.”

Last 2 essays were very interesting. Truthfully got a bit lazy and didn’t pick up this book for a lil bit and I think it triggered my current bad luck , cuz my peace is being disturbed by crazy ppl (thieves and hackers all in the span of 2 weeks😭 I’m so tired. Idek how to adult , I’m just a 22 year old child).

Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVED it

“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort

1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.

2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”

Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVED it

“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort

1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.

2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”

Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVED it

“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort

1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.

2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”

Hitting hard from the get go but I LOVEDit

“Why we shouldn’t seek comfort

1) Your brain can't differentiate "good" from "bad"; it only knows comfortable and uncomfortable. It's why we do things we objectively know are bad for us and confuse them
for feeling good.

2) you don’t know what you want; you want what you’ve known. Rather than trying to seek better, we seek the best of what we’ve known […]”