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If someone is overly optimistic, we say they’re wearing rose-colored glasses. That is, they see the world in a distorted way, making things appear better than they really are. This can cause many problems, which is why I prefer realistic optimism. Rose-colored glasses might make things look nice, but they don’t help you succeed. The opposite affliction, however, is much more common. A great many people see the world through… Read More »Are You Wearing Pain-Colored Glasses?

“Most of your suffering isn’t pain. Most of your suffering is the demand that the pain shouldn’t be there. We have pain, and then we have the extra layer of outrage that pain exists, as if life has violated its terms of service.” –Eric Barker For the past decade, my injuries have kept me in some kind of physical pain for most of my waking hours. But am I always… Read More »Suffering = Pain x Resistance

“Avoidance feels like relief in the moment, but will only strengthen the feeling you’re trying to escape.”1 –Mark Manson At 30 years old, I was severely depressed. I was also a marijuana addict. You might think that one problem caused the other, but it’s more complicated than that. My depression was not caused by my addiction: I was depressed because I’d suffered a string of injuries that left me in… Read More »Why Sobriety Cured My Depression