{"id":1579,"date":"2016-10-03T00:34:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T07:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chineseeinstein.wordpress.com\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2016-10-03T00:34:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T07:34:21","slug":"personified-cynicism-pt-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jason-fu.com\/blog\/personified-cynicism-pt-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Personified Cynicism pt. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know what really grinds my gears?<\/p>\n

Well, lots of things.<\/p>\n

But dude, take some care to reflect on your life and how you live it.<\/p>\n

If you’ve become complacent in any part in your life, it means that you have decided that you don’t want to get better at that part in your life anymore. Whether that decision is conscious or unconscious is extremely context-and-person-sensitive.<\/p>\n

For some things, that’s okay. For example, I’m totally fine with bowling an average of 45.<\/p>\n

For other things, it’s not okay at all. Like the way you look down at people or are completely oblivious to how they’re reacting to you. And if this becomes enough of a problem that someone brings it up to you, it is not okay. If more than one person brings it up to you, it is definitely\u00a0not okay. Do something about it. Fix yourself. Forget that “I’m independent\u00a0and nobody can tell me how to live my life” idealism. There’s something called basic human decency.<\/p>\n

And if you can’t tell which areas of your life have devolved into complacency, then think about it instead of filling your life with inane garbage. Or just ask your close friends. If your friends don’t have an answer for you, then they’re having the same problem you are. Get new ones.<\/p>\n

This is as much a reminder to myself as it is a message to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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