While You Were Sleeping

December 7, 2011

"Negativity gets a bad rap. But it shouldn’t. It can also be practical, pragmatic and realistic. And funny. Imagine the British sense of humour without a healthy dose of cynicism. A whole guffaw of comedians would be out of work for a start. Victor Meldrew and Edmund Blackadder would be reduced to high-fiving, can-do team players and Charlie Brooker’s Guardian columns swapped for saccharine pills of sugar and spice. No fun. No fun at all."

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The School of Life takes a little bit of the guilt away from not wholeheartedly joining the “cheer” of this new holiday season.

Be critical, frustrated, annoyed, at others and yourself. Tease everyone, including yourself, mercilessly. This isn’t new, we are smarter when we are grumpy. In healthy doses, it does us all a world of good.

So don’t let the holidays distract you. As the French say, “happy people have no stories to tell.”

— From SF

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