BEFORE WE GET OLD : The Good Ole Day

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The problem is attempting to concentrate on one thing at a time. Do I move this piece up a little, and then this piece a little, and then this piece a lot? Do I spend my time pushing one piece all the way up, and let the others sit for a while? If I keep starting new projects am I going to forget about the old ones?

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The path is far from linear for me, which leads to lots of anxiety. To the point where sometimes all I think is —. A period of problem-less-ness. And then in high school we just wanted to be in college? Waiting for that future no-problem-period is a fucking mirage. We squash one and three come up in its place. It never changes sizes. We just spend it worrying and wishing for the future, and we consequently miss all the amazing things that are happening. For some reason in the back of our minds, I think we tend to think that both the good things and the bad things going on at that moment in our lives are going to last forever.

I worried about that too much. That shitty date you went on the other day? Shitty entry level job? We put our problems up on a pedestal. Feeling bad for myself and focusing on how shitty everything was. And now I laugh at the bad parts.

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I laugh at the fact that I got into that accident. Man, I was worrying about everything back then. But all of these amazing things were happening in the background of my focus on the shittiness — and once again, I was only really able to enjoy them looking backwards. Those were some good fucking times I had during that depression and loneliness. Some good fucking times. Wish I could go back. Wish I could go back and tell sad-cripple-Elliott to quit being a depressed little bitch and enjoy everything else about the situation, cause that pain is going to pass real quick, and so are those fleeting amazing things.

Like eating the most glorious 10 cent Banh Mis off street vendors. Or getting lost in beautiful cities. Or making a small Vietnamese baby laugh with simple peek-a-boo tactics. Or just being able to see the sun set over the Perfume River. Or the fact that I was blessed enough to be floating around Southeast Asia doing whatever the fuck I pleased for four months.

All of those amazing things were actually happening to me. Just standing in that packed little tin can, riding high above the city, music blasting in my headphones. Something about it always makes me feel introspective and day-dreamy and at peace. Anyone else like this or am I weird? Just sitting there feeling sorry for myself. I should have been basking in the grandness of the situation — but all I was doing was nervously busy testing how far I could bend my wrists.

Most people spend the near majority of their week at work. Thus, a significant way to improve the happiness of Americans is to improve the happiness of their jobs -- not necessarily their paycheck. Benevolent bosses should try and make employees happy. And bosses should know that in most cases happy employees are also better employees. Sometimes homes will form automatically, others times they will not. Creed would have never called his office a home, if it weren't for the attempts of Michael Scott to make it more like a home.

Social norms, awkwardness, and work place competition can get in the way of group formation. Michael Scott provided both inspirations of love and at times a common enemy for the office to come together over. In the modern world, people often do not stay in one place for a long time. People may move often and cross cultural lines.

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Some might claim such movement ruins life and makes happiness near impossible. For instance, it is often difficult to break into an established group and community. However, people have the adaptive potential to quickly become part of new homes and become part of new groups, if the situation permits. Integration often fails not because it's impossible, but because it is not made easy. Anyone who has moved to a new city without friends knows how difficult integration can be.

However, moving to college without friends is much less difficult. Colleges spend time in the first few weeks trying to integrate the freshman.

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This is often at the expense of the students' studies. But colleges know that is a sacrifice worth making as happy kids with social networks unified under one mascot will lead to better outcomes. Communities and workplaces should follow the example of colleges and work harder to integrate people. The Office taught us that an office is not always just an office, it can be a home. And just like any home, you don't have to like or agree with everyone in the home.