Angkor Days

I love a good rant. “We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own.” – Chuck Palahniuk   Every generation believes the next generation is less. We spent a few hundred thousand years on the improvement, only for older people to criticize young people. It holds some weight in the past. Boomers never went to war, maybe in Vietnam. I guess there was generational trauma. They received free University, literally free. You might argue that the Silent Generation did it tougher, during World War II and the great depression. They can judge. Maybe.   I have no idea how Boomers get away with judging kids these days. No generation had it as easy as the Boomers. Affordable houses, low unemployment, and free Uni. I am not saying they didn't work hard; they did. But their work yielded results. Financially speaking, the kids these days will never get near the Boomers' wealth these days.   The average house price in 1980 was ar...

“Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles into practice–now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! […] Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do–now.” – Epictetus We don’t socialise. We go to bed at 7.30 pm. Asleep by 8.00 pm. The alarm is set for 4.45 am. We are time poor and our wellbeing sits in a fragile balance.   I have made charts to explain. Sometimes you get bored with Uni, and charts matter.   Forget Maslo. The Griffin Hierarchy of Wellbeing ™.   We discuss these things on the balcony watching the storms roll in. Serious business. There are four essential requirements for our wellbeing.   1. Love 2. Proper nutrition 3. Sleep 4. Gym. Not ‘exercise.’ Gym.   A planet called Wellbeing with four moons in perfect orbit. The Griffin Galaxy. Well, planet, but alliteration matte...