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Juliette Ryan's avatar

Brilliant article. Loved the perspective shift. (Had quite a few chuckles.)

Dr. Dominic Ng's avatar

Thanks a lot! I had fun writing it too haha

Murry O's avatar

Spot on.. thanks for the reminder

Sophia McIntosh's avatar

Thanks Dominic 🤣

Dr. Dominic Ng's avatar

Haha I didn’t realise you had a Substack!

Sophia McIntosh's avatar

Yes!! I've been subscribed to your newsletter for some months actually. I just never posted here.. i will start soon tho :) hope substack enjoys sci-art

Fay Moraa's avatar

Please write on how to stop being miserable.🤣😂

Elham Sarikhani's avatar

The satire works here.

Misery here is described with precision, but also from a height that assumes distance from it.

What’s missing is the cost, how these habits don’t just make us unhappy, they make us smaller, quieter, easier to manage.

That’s where the real sabotage lives.

Mick's avatar

The title sparked my interest and you delivered! Great article!

Angela Li's avatar

Exactly! One small step is all it takes to start something amazing,thanks!

izzy's avatar

feel attacked in a subtle way, I almost tear up 🤣😂

Eye-opening indeed. Great article!

Guywiththedream's avatar

For the second there i was like wtf where is bro going with this 🤣

Fay Moraa's avatar

Absolutely love it.

The Balance Letters's avatar

we know the medicine (rest, purpose, community), yet we often find the poison so sweet.

I see a few of my own bad habits in this list. It is a necessary diagnostic mirror. To know the disease is half the cure.

Amira's avatar

Excellent use of reverse psychology, wonderful piece! Very amusing to read! ☺️

Cindy Chance's avatar

I’m gonna be so much better at it now!

Human Anyway's avatar

Love this. Except for the bit on isolation triggering the same stress response as physical danger. The opposite is true for many of us. Great article.

Maciej Zwolinski's avatar

Oops. I like all those 8 things and practice regularly 🤔