Monday, April 7, 2008

A Miserable Life (back as a reminder)

Here are some handy tips to guarantee that your life is as miserable as it can possibly be

*Constantly think and talk about the past, preferably all the negative things. Even the positive things are a great way to make you feel miserable, they are gone, who knows if they will ever happen again.

*Define yourself by your age.

*Always be right.

*Never inquire into your thought processes, that would undo being right.

*Have most of your conversations revolve around what someone else did, and don't forget to judge them accordingly.

*Take everything, absolutely everything, including the weather, personally.

*Use the expressions "it isn't fair, and this shouldn't have happened" whenever something goes wrong and always find something to blame, including yourself

*Compare yourself to other people, positively or negatively , it doesn't matter which.

*Learn to react quickly , subjectively and emotionally to whatever happens .

*Cultivate the philosophy "if your not with me, your against me".

*Never forget who has hurt you, the first tip helps enormously with this.

*Treat your children and your partners as extensions of yourself.

*Expect people to think and feel exactly like you, and react with justified anger when they don't.

*React with even more anger when they do all of the above.

*Always do what you think is expected of you, never tell people how you really feel and then blow up in justifiable anger at how they are abusing you.

*Get into the habit of generalizing and putting people in boxes

*Expect people and life to never change.

*Use as your favourite expression "this is the way I am and I cant help or change it".

*Be defensive and evasive, after all if your honest, you, ll give the game away.

*Think that if someone loves you, they know what you are thinking and feeling.

*Spend hours trying to work out what someones motive is , come up with your own ideas, and treat them accordingly.

*Make sure that you are never kind or purposely back down from a fight with someone you don't like, it shows weakness.

*Cut people out of your life who don't agree with you.

*Blame everything in your life on external events, and when someone refuses to treat you as a victim, get really angry and call them unsupportive.

*Never learn anything new or meet different people.

*Surround yourself with people who actively practice these tips as a way of life, this helps perfect it . Remember misery loves company.

*Expect people to do things on your time frame.

*Pick unavailable romantic partners , be with them for years, use all of the reasons above why you cant leave them, and then do it all over with someone new.

*Regard every new relationship as "The One'.

*Have set rules, regulations and expectations on the relationship, if they don't fulfill them , ditch them , they weren't "The One", this nicely validates all the other techniques.

These are just a few handy hints, but even if you only do a few of them, a miserable life is guaranteed. And the beauty of this is it can only get worse.

Try it for two weeks, and if you don't feel like total shit by that time you can get your money back.

Enjoy

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep. Well said.

Learn to react quickly , subjectively and emotionally to whatever happens

I am a horribly fiery person who reacts like lightning and I don't like that side of myself, that said I am also very forgiving (in the main) so I get over it fast GRIN.

Indiana said...

If its ok with you, I think I will not be playing the game with these rules...but only if its ok with you ;-)

ozymandiaz said...

MY GOD, YOU KNOW MY EX-WIFE!
And I believe she did take the weather personaly

Enigma said...

Jo, dont ever, ever change.you would be depriving the world of the beautiful fiery spirit that you are.one i like a hell of a lot.

Indy, I was just thinking of you *grin* you have been here before.

OZZY, I DO KNOW HER, she told me all about you.

Enigma said...

PS Indie its NOT O.K with me, i demand that you play by these rules, or I will get really offended.

ozymandiaz said...

Don't believe a damned word she says...
except for the parts about sex, thats all true.

Anonymous said...

hahaha, yep that will work for sure in making a miserable life, just as well we are all too childish to indulge in such misery, woohoo, you are you, wonderful too,

Enigma said...
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Enigma said...

Ozzy , I only believed the sex part...everything else(the goats and chickens) I just thought she was being insecure*laughing* So its true?
Seriously, i have a friend who is like this, and she has the most miserable life I know.

Ginga, Yes, of course I never-ever do any of things .

Mel said...

Spend hours trying to work out what someones motive is , come up with your own ideas, and treat them accordingly.

*chuckling*

We pay therapists for that!

Oh wait.....*blushing*
k......nevermind......

Enigma said...

You know Mel, I never thought of that.you are right, there goes my other career.

Iron Pugilist said...

In that case, I've met hundreds of miserable people. I envy a few of them, though.

Enigma said...

Ip, never envy a miserable person...only aspire to alway be better than you can, happiness is a choise.

ozymandiaz said...

"Happiness is a choice", wiser words were never spoken. It is also ever so hard to teach that to folks who don't already "know".
As for the Goats and chickens...
well
Never chickens
never
I'm a bit fuzzy on the goats
I am a country boy after all

is eatin' cheatin'?

Enigma said...

Unfortunatly you are right ozzy, most people arnt aware it is a choice, and without that awareness, there actually isnt a choice for them. Your wife did mention that at one stage you were inordinatly fond of one little goat, the one with the soft fur, and limpid eyes.

ozymandiaz said...

I remember the last hing that goat said to me
bah
bah
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Enigma said...

What did the human say to the alien
"You want to put what? where?"

Anonymous said...

This is brilliant! I am going to post a link to it on my blog.

I had a thing for a calf once. Her picture is on my website. (under cows and calfs.) God she was beautiful. I had just been vaporized by the girlfriend from hell. Calf-love seemed safer but then I had to leave and the relationship was never consummated.

Enigma said...

Rick, its not suprising you had a thing for a calf, especially if she was wearing stilltos,
remember "high heels make your calves look sexier"

The Exception said...

This is great - and some of them are easy to do without even realizing one is doing it.

Enigma said...

Yes TE, thats why just noticing them helps to change it.