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...blanket about it. But there’s something even more miserable about thinking that our happiness can be defined by the jobs we choose, or what we eat for breakfast, or how many miles we run each week. Freud himself pointed out that the only thing normal is pathology, which makes applying a bell-curve-style prescription for joy more than a little reductionist. Even if all the indicators in our lives point to success, a craving for something indefinable may persist. Aristotle, for instance, thought that happiness was found in living well, and living well meant living with...
Your book readings aren't normal book readings. They're more like concerts or events. Why do you do all of this wacky stuff? About seven years ago I realized that my book readings were boring me. I was going to go up there and read a passage and sleepwalk through the whole event and I needed to make it more interesting. I wanted to be running and jumping and do something so that the event would be so exciting. I had to trick myself into having fun every time. I don't remember the hotel rooms or the airports...
...Cutting expenses to meet falling revenue is a normal and prudent business practice, but it is not one that will be adopted in this case. The simple calculus behind the budget assumes that if the appropriate amount of money is not spent, the chances of an economic recovery will be undermined. The line items in the plan are meant not only to keep the government running but also to allow the proper amount of capital to be invested troubled areas like the banking industry...
...anemic state. Alternatively, in the U.S., the core of the stimulus effort is to drop taxes to improve consumer spending and give financial aid to projects that should help move up employment. Until the American consumer begins to move back into the market and increase demand though normal spending, U.S. GDP will not rise and the rate at which the U.S. imports goods from China will not recovery. (See pictures of China's wild side...
...about abstinence. It was more about parenthood: that it is hard, and exhausting, and bittersweet to hold your blessed child in your arms and wonder at him, while knowing that your friends are at the movies, and your term paper is due, and everything that was supposed to be normal right now is hovering just out of your reach. "I'm just here to tell teens this is a really hard job," Bristol told Matt Lauer. "It's not like an accessory on your hip. It's hard work...