So, things could always be worse, right? If things could be worse... why couldn't they be better? If things could be better, why not make them so?

Why don't we all just make our lives better in any way that we can? Maybe... maybe we all want to, but we don't know how our lives could be better.

So... Any ideas? Maybe you could help somebody to make your self-esteem a little higher, thus making you more confident and propelling yourself into better life experiences?

Pitch in, peoples!

Way to improve one's life include:

-Trying something you'd never ordinarily do, such as enter a singing contest.
-Mentor a child in your neighborhood.
-Do something daring, such as drinking tea WITH the lemon.
-Compliment someone who's feeling down.
-Play a game of chess, in the park with someone.
-Use your resources in a charitable cause you believe in.

Two words.

Bar scene.

Two words.

Bar scene.


That's three...

I often find that when I feel badly about myself....I like to give other people compliments. It makes them happy, and then gives me a happy feeling that I made someone's day.

I often find that when I feel badly about myself....I like to give other people compliments. It makes them happy, and then gives me a happy feeling that I made someone's day.


You're a good person.

You're a good person.



so are you! :)

Yeah I pretty much think the best thing to do to feel happy is help others.  Use your negativity and turn it into positive energy. :)

Make people laugh, it always brightens their day.

Make people laugh, it always brightens their day.


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"Let the sun shine .... let the sun shine .. the su-uuuu---nnn shine in" :D

Read, learn and pay attention to the words of Desiderata by Les Crane (1972).

"Y'know, life moves by pretty fast.
If you don't stop and take a look around once in a while,
you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"Y'know, life moves by pretty fast.
If you don't stop and take a look around once in a while,
you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller's Day Off



Hey. Great advice, Wayne ^.


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" Shame you didn't tell me that 50 years ago"  :\'(

;D

Smile at somebody, it makes them smile back sometimes and who can be grumpy when you are smiling?  ;D

Smile at somebody, it makes them smile back sometimes and who can be grumpy when you are smiling?   ;D
It is a biological fact that it takes less muscles to smile than it is to make a frown.

Shop! well it works for me.  ;D

Shop! well it works for me.  ;D
You cannot beat retail therapy.

i used to be a health cynic.  now here is my list and i swear they work.


sleep.
clean up after yourself.
drink water.
get even just a little exercise
eat well


I have yet to do things like set goals or make money or things like that....but so far these things are doing the job for me.

-getting a job and making some money.
-walking to the bus stop.
-drinking water.
-eat healthy.

-getting a job and making some money.
-walking to the bus stop.
-drinking water.
-eat healthy.


that's about it. sleep does wonders for me. if i get about 7 hours a night, i'm great all week.

that's about it. sleep does wonders for me. if i get about 7 hours a night, i'm great all week.



I get about less than that.Figure this,I go to sleep between 11pm-12mid then wake up between 530-550am.

-getting a job and making some money.
-walking to the bus stop.
-drinking water.
-eat healthy.
Why not to the next bus stop on the route you are taking?

that's about it. sleep does wonders for me. if i get about 7 hours a night, i'm great all week.



If I'm awake for more than 7 hours a day .... I'm  in bed pretty much  in bed 12 hours the next day (given the chance!)  ;D



-getting a job and making some money.


Just do that part ^ Howard ... 'full time' ... and the rewards Robin gives you ..  :o ;)


Smile at somebody, it makes them smile back sometimes and who can be grumpy when you are smiling?  ;D


Hah!  >:(



Smile away all you like!  >:( >:( >:(

Grumpy by nature, 'Grumpy' by name!'  >:(


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"Hi-ho! Hi-ho! It's off to work I go! ..."

:D

i used to be a health cynic.  now here is my list and i swear they work.


sleep.
clean up after yourself.
drink water.
get even just a little exercise
eat well


I have yet to do things like set goals or make money or things like that....but so far these things are doing the job for me.
The exercise thing is especially good. Since I moved I've been going out every day and taking a walk for about 30-45 minutes and I swear I feel a lot better, both mentally and physically.

The exercise thing is especially good. Since I moved I've been going out every day and taking a walk for about 30-45 minutes and I swear I feel a lot better, both mentally and physically.

totally. since i have been doing a labor intensive job i've been happier and thinner and healthier.
but it makes me lazy at home.

If I'm awake for more than 7 hours a day .... I'm  in bed pretty much  in bed 12 hours the next day (given the chance!)  ;D


Just do that part ^ Howard ... 'full time' ... and the rewards Robin gives you ..   :o ;)

Hah!  >:(



Smile away all you like!   >:( >:( >:(

Grumpy by nature, 'Grumpy' by name!'  >:(


http://www.lggallery.com/lcgrumpy_small.jpg
"Hi-ho! Hi-ho! It's off to work I go! ..."

:D
When Snow White goes to bed feeling grumpy and dopey, does she wake up in the morning feeling happy and bashful?

Dunno...ask her doc!

sleep.


No sleep 'till Hammersmith.


clean up after yourself.


Filth is the natural culmination of chaos theory.


drink water.


Drink beer.


get even just a little exercise


Don't you know the circle is the most perfect form, strive to attain it.


eat well


Eat red meat. - Gout - The disease of rich middle class men. "Gout, attracting trophy wives since 1732"

More sex!

It is a biological fact that it takes less muscles to smile than it is to make a frown.


However, isn't it the frowny muscles that are stronger?

More sex!


... And acquire children?

... And acquire children?


Dude, if she's on top she can't get pregnant.

Gravity tardo.

Dude, if she's on top she can't get pregnant.

Gravity tardo.


Who likes to be on top?

Improve life through sex...

Writes it down

Got it!

hey, this is IMPROVE your life.
don't mean i'm not a beer-drinking smoker.

More sex!



or more humping! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/downtown.gif ;)

Who likes to be on top?



I do cause I'm in control.

hey, this is IMPROVE your life.
don't mean i'm not a beer-drinking smoker.


Eh?

(Has no clue who that was implied to)

Eh?

(Has no clue who that was implied to)



i didin't want to seem like I was saying i was a health guru or anything like that.
I just try to improve life.  not make it perfect.

-get a job you bum  >:(

-help those bums in need that wont get a job


More sex!
Yes! get as much as you possibly can and life will improve dramatically

Yes! get as much as you possibly can and life will improve dramatically


What if as much as we can is... none?

What if as much as we can is... none?
everyone starts at none,  and the improvement of one's life by having massive quantities of sex is more of a theory than a fact  ;D  and ideally in a monogamous marital relationship with the one you truly love, yeah. hot and steady

Improve your life...don't worry...be happy  ;)

Improve your life...don't worry...be happy  ;)
Hakuna Matata

Read, learn and pay attention to the words of Desiderata by Les Crane (1972).


You misspelled Deteriorata, by National Lampoon.  Rumor has it that Crane himself preferred the parody to the original.  (Can anyone substantiate?  Wikipedia would probably like to see that claim verified.)

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
Whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back

Sometimes it takes a motivational poster to remind me just how lucky I am to have been born into a late-stage capitalist society.

Patience:  Good things come to those who wait.
Competition:  I don't have to outrun the bear.  I just have to outrun you.
Schadenfreude:  Is the poster for "patience" speaking to the mindset of vulture, or to the starving child?
Karma:  The original photographer was a guy named Kevin Carter.  Within a year of taking that picture, he won the Pulitzer for it.  Within a month of winning the Pulitzer, he committed suicide.
Synchronicity:  My last post concerned "Deteriorata", which suggested that one ought to call "Ken".  Decades later, one of the factors in the suicide of Kevin Carter was the accidental death of a close friend, also named Ken.

Which brings me all the way around to:

Perspective:  No matter how bad you have it, someone, somewhere, has it worse. 

Guys at Despair.com said I was too edgy.  Haven't heard back from the folks at Successories yet, but ya gotta have patience.  Because...

http://www.motleycrow.com/ImageHost/patience.jpg

...good things come to those who wait.

Ways To Improve Your Life- #212

If you want to understand philosophy, but don't want to take college courses to "get it", try the following sources:

-Monty Python's "Philosopher's Song"
-the comedic stylings of Steven Wright & Emo Phillips
-any "Everything I Need To Know In Life, I Got It From..." poster

You misspelled Deteriorata, by National Lampoon.  Rumor has it that Crane himself preferred the parody to the original.  (Can anyone substantiate?  Wikipedia would probably like to see that claim verified.)

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
Whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back
Never heard or seen this parody before, it is good.

Take Walks.

Sometimes it takes a motivational poster to remind me just how lucky I am to have been born into a late-stage capitalist society.

Patience:  Good things come to those who wait.
Competition:  I don't have to outrun the bear.  I just have to outrun you.
Schadenfreude:  Is the poster for "patience" speaking to the mindset of vulture, or to the starving child?
Karma:  The original photographer was a guy named Kevin Carter.  Within a year of taking that picture, he won the Pulitzer for it.  Within a month of winning the Pulitzer, he committed suicide.
Synchronicity:  My last post concerned "Deteriorata", which suggested that one ought to call "Ken".  Decades later, one of the factors in the suicide of Kevin Carter was the accidental death of a close friend, also named Ken.

Which brings me all the way around to:

Perspective:  No matter how bad you have it, someone, somewhere, has it worse. 

Guys at Despair.com said I was too edgy.  Haven't heard back from the folks at Successories yet, but ya gotta have patience.  Because...

http://www.motleycrow.com/ImageHost/patience.jpg

...good things come to those who wait.


That is by far the funniest picture I've ever seen!

we might need a thread for motivational posters...i don't want to hijack the thread with the stuff.

Perspective:  No matter how bad you have it, someone, somewhere, has it worse.   


Those kind of ideas make me feel worse. Why should we have it better than them?

Never heard or seen this parody before, it is good.


You tell me! 

You can get Deteriorata as a 5.2 MB MP3 download from here, or from mp3.com, who claims that National Lampoon has authorized its free download.


Those kind of ideas make me feel worse. Why should we have it better than them?


In all seriousness -- why shouldn't we?  Until we invent the nanoreplicator, there will be temporary scarcities of resources.  Even if it's all about luck, somebody's gotta draw the good cards, why not you?  Dude, here we are sitting in front of computers that didn't exist at the time that picture was taken, and our biggest problem is figuring out which bits of pop culture make us happiest, when we've already won the frickin' lottery. 

You can laugh at that photo -- and when I first saw it, I spewed half a mug of coffee over my keyboard (Davey, will that be a window or aisle seat on this plane ride to hell?  I call dibs on window for this row!) -- but the reason I posted it is because it's a real reminder at just how fracking good we've got it.  If you've got the hardware and connectivity to view that picture, you're already doing the cultural equivalent of the NASCAR victory lap.  Has anyone done a victory lap without a smile on his face? 

But if you must ponder how life in the West can still suck, how about pondering the photographer killing himself within a month of winning the highest prize in photojournalism.  We know he's dead.  As far as I can tell, nobody knows what actually happened to the kid.  Wouldn't the supreme irony be if the kid in the photo actually outlived the photographer, even by a few minutes, if not 12 years?  :)

Perspective #2:  No matter how good you might think someone has it, he still might be worse off than you.

Ah, that's a good song. I remember not getting it the first 32904732 times I heard it.

... Then I got older.

Get a dog! Unconditional love!  :) That'll add a few years to your life!

we might need a thread for motivational posters...i don't want to hijack the thread with the stuff.


That's a good idea. ;)

Get a dog! Unconditional love!  :) That'll add a few years to your life!


Agreed! :) My dog can always make me happy no matter how crappy I feel, lol.

- I'd like to say to be content with what you have, but it's sometimes difficult and the desire to want more can be strong, but try
- slow down, don't be in such a hurry all the time
- be nice to homely girls

- I'd like to say to be content with what you have, but it's sometimes difficult and the desire to want more can be strong, but try
- slow down, don't be in such a hurry all the time
- be nice to homely girls


That's very good Mike. :)

Sometimes it takes a motivational poster to remind me just how lucky I am to have been born into a late-stage capitalist society.

Patience:  Good things come to those who wait.

Guys at Despair.com said I was too edgy.  Haven't heard back from the folks at Successories yet, but ya gotta have patience.  Because...


...good things come to those who wait.


Heh heh...  I like your style Foo Bar.

I too have always wanted to put together a few sarcastic "motivational" posters.  Those "Successories" things make me wanna blow chow.

I wanted to make my own "Successories" poster whose caption is "Mindless".  The picture would be the office of somebody who has all of the Successories photos and desk doo-dads.  ;D

Heh heh...  I like your style Foo Bar.

I too have always wanted to put together a few sarcastic "motivational" posters.  Those "Successories" things make me wanna blow chow.

I wanted to make my own "Successories" poster whose caption is "Mindless".  The picture would be the office of somebody who has all of the Successories photos and desk doo-dads.   ;D


Oh my God.

I just realized that for my entire time on this site, I've been combining Foo Bar and LyricBoy as one person in my mind.

-Get More excersize
-drink plenty of water
-volunteer

Heh heh...  I like your style Foo Bar.

I too have always wanted to put together a few sarcastic "motivational" posters.  Those "Successories" things make me wanna blow chow.

I wanted to make my own "Successories" poster whose caption is "Mindless".  The picture would be the office of somebody who has all of the Successories photos and desk doo-dads.  ;D


*takes a bow*

As for making your own -- go for it.  Here's a link where you can automatically create your own demotivational poster online!

"Mindless: The sort of people who think that a lack of productivity is caused by lack of motivational posters."

slow down.  and take a minute to count your blessings.

The next time you can't seem to get something off your mind, comprehend this.

The universe is infinite. It NEVER ends. Never ever. However, there is a limited amount of possiblities of what goes on out there... which means they'll all get used eventually. So what happens then? It repeats! Therefore, there must be an infinite amount of planets just like us with people just like us living lives just like ours, typing what I am typing now. Right?

Right?

Yeah. Your head's exploding, but at least you aren't thinking about the bad things in life.

If you have a tremendous pressure inside of you, that just won't leave you, and it has you feeling bad, here's a solid piece of advice:





Try Beano!

If you have a tremendous pressure inside of you, that just won't leave you, and it has you feeling bad, here's a solid piece of advice:





Try Beano!


For less gas and bloatedness.

breathe.

breathe.


Right,take deep breaths and relax.

Remember- somewhere out in the universe, there's a cup of tea getting cold.
Don't let it be yours.

One of my favorite quotes - it has helped me a lot with various relationships.  You might have to read it a couple of times - I did when I first saw it, but it makes a lot of sense.

"The only antidote to anger is to eliminate the internal sentance "if only you were more like me."  Dr. Wayne Dyer

Look To The Future,Forget The past and live in the present.

One of my favorite quotes - it has helped me a lot with various relationships.  You might have to read it a couple of times - I did when I first saw it, but it makes a lot of sense.

"The only antidote to anger is to eliminate the internal sentance "if only you were more like me."  Dr. Wayne Dyer



I... don't get it.

eat more Subway.

I... don't get it.


It's all about acceptance.. most women.. and some men.. expect their partners to change and do things that fit how they see things should be done, by doing this, conflict is created and thus if you simply attempt to cease such activities, there is far less conflict.

I say most women and some men, 'cus lets face it, it's true. Most women expect their partners to change.. start wearing clothes around the house, start doing things on the weekend, start eating properly.. start paying more attention to them instead of the dog. I can say in perfect honesty that I've never expected a woman to change, I wouldn't have tried it on if I didn't like how it fit.

It's all about acceptance.. most women.. and some men.. expect their partners to change and do things that fit how they see things should be done, by doing this, conflict is created and thus if you simply attempt to cease such activities, there is far less conflict.

I say most women and some men, 'cus lets face it, it's true. Most women expect their partners to change.. start wearing clothes around the house, start doing things on the weekend, start eating properly.. start paying more attention to them instead of the dog. I can say in perfect honesty that I've never expected a woman to change, I wouldn't have tried it on if I didn't like how it fit.


Yeah, I don't settle for people who aren't what I want already... I don't think it's right to make somebody change who they are, and I'm not going to try to get somebody to love me if I can't love them for who they are...

It's nice to work at a job that you enjoy, makes a huge difference.

Get another newer and better computer.

work hard.

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use an image hosting site  ::)

use an image hosting site  ::)


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:P :P :D

You're hysterical! :)

You're hysterical! :)






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:P ;D :P

if it were only so easy!
;D

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:D

^  ;D

Buy better petrol (or gas)

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post more signs. ;D

Listen to music that will not effect your brain.

take time out to say to someone "I Love You". :)

take time out to say to someone "I Love You". :)
Not just "I Love You", just talk, even if it is nothing important.

Don't do drugs.

Subway-Eat fresh. ;D