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How to be miserable for the rest of your life [Joey Schweitzer]

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Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9qsxhhNUoU1. Wake up whenever you want 2. Make sure your house is a complete disaster 3. Procrastinate 4. Pretend to be busy5. Wait for opportunities 6. Always say no 7. Be suspicious of people8. Never fix the things you dislike about yourself9. Focus on things you can’t control 10. Use fear as motivation 11. Only do what is comfortable 12. Believe you are special13. See life not how it is, but how you wish it to beTranscriptHere's a quick tutorialon how to be miserablefor the rest of your life.Step one, wake up whenever you want to.Don't wake up at a reasonable hour,an hour that makes youfeel good about yourself.Make sure you wake upwhen everyone has had ahead start to the day.You really wanna make sureyou feel like you've missed any chanceto start your day off on the right foot.And when you get out of bed,don't make your bed and don't shower.Just wear whatever you woreyesterday and head downstairs.It's important that you start the day offwith little to no self-respect,feeling as grimy as possible.Step two, make sure your houseis always a complete disaster.Your house is filled with many rooms,each with a specific purpose.You wanna make sure thatit's extremely difficultto accomplish those purposes.The pigsty will also helpsubconsciously reinforce the ideathat you're a disorganized personwhose life is not in order.This is an extremelyimportant belief to havewhen trying to remain miserable.Step three, procrastinate.When the thought dawns on youto do something productive,like clean your disgusting kitchen,just ignore that feeling.After all you just woke up,and you have so much time laterin the day to get that done.You wanna get in the habitof delegating all your life's problemsto the future version of yourself,who will probably havea lot more motivationand energy than you do right now.Step four, look busy.After you sit down to do somework, open up a Word documentto help yourself feel likeyou're being productive.Give your document a nice titleand then immediately open up Reddit,Instagram, Facebook, and Twitterjust to check if you missed anything.You see, it doesn'treally matter what you do.As long as you're sitting on your deskand that Word document is open,it'll help trick your conscienceinto thinking you're doing work,but you won't be gettingany further in life.Step five, wait for opportunities.Never be proactive withfinding new opportunitiesto grow your career or meet new people.Wait for all of that tocome knocking on your door.After all, if it's gonnahappen, it's gonna happen.You'll meet the girlof your dreams one dayand things will kinda just work out.You'll probably also land your dream jobif you just wait long enough.Anyways, the importantthing is to not take action.Don't try to figure outthe most effective wayto get what you want, justwait until things work out.Step six, be default no.When a friend asks you to goout for a drink, just say no.After all, you're super busy these daysand have a lot of work to do.When your boss gives you the opportunityto lead a meeting at work,try to find an excuse to slink out of it.The key here is to giveeveryone the impressionthat they should just letyou do your own thing.Be so good at saying nothat people just stopasking you to do anything.Step seven, be suspicious of people.Never give people thebenefit of the doubt.Believe that everyonebasically just wants totake advantage of you,and because of this, you should be guardedand put up walls to protectyourself emotionally.Assume the smiles people give you are fakeand that their motives are malevolent.Step eight, never fix the thingsyou dislike about yourself.Continue to engage in activitiesthat make feel subhuman and weak.Never prove to yourselfthat you can overcomeobstacles or better yourself.Never attempt to transcend your vicesor change your lifestyle for the better.Subscribe to the ideathat people can't change,so you shouldn't try.Step nine, focus onthings you can't control.As often as possible, getpissed off at the traffic,the government, the pandemic.You really wanna reinforce the ideathat the world is messed upand there's nothing you can do about it.Focus on the shortcomings of others,the failings of your country,and the state of the economy.Maintain a constantexternal locus of controlover all the events in your life.This will really help you feel powerless.And if you're trying to bemiserable, that's perfect.Step 10, use fear as motivation.Make the fear of negative consequenceyour primary motivatorfor everything you do.Set up deadlines that frighten youand punish yourself forfailing to meet them.Use white-knuckle tacticsto force yourself into productivityand remind yourself constantlythat your entire life could fall apartif you don't keep your head above water.Step 11, only do what is comfortable.Let your comfort zone be the authorityon what you do and don't do.If it's not comfortable, don't do it.Avoid discomfort at all costsand participate only in activitiesthat are familiar and effortless.Don't concern yourself with gainingfresh perspectives or novel experiences.Stay in your lane. Operatein your wheelhouse.Step 12, believe you're special.Behave like you're entitled to thingson the basis that you're justdifferent than everyone else.Assume that the people thathave what you want in lifejust don't deserve it as much as you do.Always regard yourself as talented,unique, one of a kind.This will really help youdevelop an outsider complex,which will make it difficultto open up to other peopleor see things from their perspective.But since you don't wanna doany of that uncomfortablestuff anyways, that's perfect.Step 13, see life not as it is,but how you wish it to be.Daydream of a day where things are better,fantasize about a life whereall your problems are gone.You wanna make sure you mentallyescape as much as possibleto distract you from theobstacles in front of you.Pour your mental energynot into fixing your problemsor improving yourself,but into building up this fantasyto be as detailed as possible.Reflect daily about what you would buyif you won the lotteryor became a celebrity.Constantly compare yourlife to this fictionand become resentful at the juxtaposition.So if suffering is what you're afterand you crave the...

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