Mark Manson

And when things are actually f***ed up, as they are right now, you don't have to go searching for a crisis. You don't have to go searching for problems. The problem's right there in front of you. So in a weird way, crises are almost psychologically easier for us to bear because we know exactly what to hope for.

And when things are actually f***ed up, as they are right now, you don't have to go searching for a crisis. You don't have to go searching for problems. The problem's right there in front of you. So in a weird way, crises are almost psychologically easier for us to bear because we know exactly what to hope for.

And when things are actually f***ed up, as they are right now, you don't have to go searching for a crisis. You don't have to go searching for problems. The problem's right there in front of you. So in a weird way, crises are almost psychologically easier for us to bear because we know exactly what to hope for.

And when things are actually f***ed up, as they are right now, you don't have to go searching for a crisis. You don't have to go searching for problems. The problem's right there in front of you. So in a weird way, crises are almost psychologically easier for us to bear because we know exactly what to hope for.

But the other thing about that vision of a better future is that paradoxically that it's easier to have hope when times are bad and it's more difficult to find hope when things are good and comfortable. And so for me, that's, I present, there's a lot of statistics like, you know, suicide is the highest and the wealthiest and safest countries in the world.

But the other thing about that vision of a better future is that paradoxically that it's easier to have hope when times are bad and it's more difficult to find hope when things are good and comfortable. And so for me, that's, I present, there's a lot of statistics like, you know, suicide is the highest and the wealthiest and safest countries in the world.

But the other thing about that vision of a better future is that paradoxically that it's easier to have hope when times are bad and it's more difficult to find hope when things are good and comfortable. And so for me, that's, I present, there's a lot of statistics like, you know, suicide is the highest and the wealthiest and safest countries in the world.

But the other thing about that vision of a better future is that paradoxically that it's easier to have hope when times are bad and it's more difficult to find hope when things are good and comfortable. And so for me, that's, I present, there's a lot of statistics like, you know, suicide is the highest and the wealthiest and safest countries in the world.

But the other thing about that vision of a better future is that paradoxically that it's easier to have hope when times are bad and it's more difficult to find hope when things are good and comfortable. And so for me, that's, I present, there's a lot of statistics like, you know, suicide is the highest and the wealthiest and safest countries in the world.

People who, once they reach middle class or upper middle class, you, you see things like depression, anxiety, mental health issues start to start to increase. And That doesn't really make sense, but when you look at it in terms of the difficulty it comes with hoping for something better in the future, it kind of explains that.

People who, once they reach middle class or upper middle class, you, you see things like depression, anxiety, mental health issues start to start to increase. And That doesn't really make sense, but when you look at it in terms of the difficulty it comes with hoping for something better in the future, it kind of explains that.

People who, once they reach middle class or upper middle class, you, you see things like depression, anxiety, mental health issues start to start to increase. And That doesn't really make sense, but when you look at it in terms of the difficulty it comes with hoping for something better in the future, it kind of explains that.

People who, once they reach middle class or upper middle class, you, you see things like depression, anxiety, mental health issues start to start to increase. And That doesn't really make sense, but when you look at it in terms of the difficulty it comes with hoping for something better in the future, it kind of explains that.

People who, once they reach middle class or upper middle class, you, you see things like depression, anxiety, mental health issues start to start to increase. And That doesn't really make sense, but when you look at it in terms of the difficulty it comes with hoping for something better in the future, it kind of explains that.

I define hope as some sort of vision of the future that we believe will be better. There are a couple of things that are interesting about, I guess, that definition of hope. One is just simply that if we don't have some vision of our future that is better, that's when we fall into depression or despair.

I define hope as some sort of vision of the future that we believe will be better. There are a couple of things that are interesting about, I guess, that definition of hope. One is just simply that if we don't have some vision of our future that is better, that's when we fall into depression or despair.

I define hope as some sort of vision of the future that we believe will be better. There are a couple of things that are interesting about, I guess, that definition of hope. One is just simply that if we don't have some vision of our future that is better, that's when we fall into depression or despair.

I define hope as some sort of vision of the future that we believe will be better. There are a couple of things that are interesting about, I guess, that definition of hope. One is just simply that if we don't have some vision of our future that is better, that's when we fall into depression or despair.

I define hope as some sort of vision of the future that we believe will be better. There are a couple of things that are interesting about, I guess, that definition of hope. One is just simply that if we don't have some vision of our future that is better, that's when we fall into depression or despair.

It's one of the things I talk about in chapter one is that the opposite of happiness is not sadness or anger. The opposite of happiness is hopelessness, is the sense that Nothing we do matters. Nothing that we do will affect any sorts of change.