Things That Won’t Save You
Jesus, your 401k, art, Apple products, omega 3 fatty acids, drone strikes, cashing out your 401k, moving to Brooklyn/Oakland, lots of good eye contact, choosing the PPO, making sense of the past, freedom, organic locally grown foods, new sexual partners, ten million dollars, meditation, learning to bake, index funds, taking a nice long break, Obama, psychotropic chemicals, a deep tissue massage, getting your own place, making gay marriage unconstitutional, texting “Haiti” to 90999, yoga, Radiohead, calling your mom, opening a roth, smiling more, a motorcycle, something truly beautiful, Google’s self-driving car, riding your bike to work, God, online forums, living on a sailboat, quantum computing, being fluent in Cantonese, getting inspired, street protests, pastured beef, free range chicken, the bar method, watching more sunsets, zero items in your inbox, a restricted salt intake, faking it until you make it, going freelance, finally making your art, running a marathon, Gravity in 3D IMAX, skinny dipping, carbon offsets, an M.B.A., really following through this time, marriage, starting a company, selling a company, a puppy, a child, a grandchild, a truly fabulous bottle of wine, a mortgage, paying off your mortgage, TED Talks, Yoko Ono, Resveratrol, getting that promotion, sleeping in the nude, being in the present, future medical breakthroughs, finally watching season one of mad men, learning to surf, Thailand, ghee, keeping a journal, a good cry, love.
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