It's been a while since I last logged in my Facebook account. Why? Because I was spending too much time on it, I was involuntarily checking the page every 15 minutes for updates, craving for news from people that are currently not part of my life anymore. That is the negative effect Facebook was having on me: forcing me to spend time and energy with more people that I can handle, all together, and was not giving me the reward I always got, which is to become more intimate with each individual, have the feeling of being part of someone's life and have someone be part of mine. Millions of users access the website daily for many different purposes, and I was already starting to wonder if I was alone in my dilemma. Turns out there are many of us, books have already been published on this topic, I would not be surprised to find a Facebook page dedicated to this. I will share all the different ways Facebook seems to be affecting people on the next lines, and if you agree, well... I...
Why sometimes we can't achieve what we desire? And why sometimes we don't even know what we want? How can you motivate yourself and your friends to take things seriously and work hard for what they want? Maybe there isn't a magic trick to do it... But could we at least find out what makes people the way they are? I will suggest a (crazy) approach to find the answer. If we put aside all the religious/ethical thoughts, we normally don't know for sure what is the meaning of life, why we live, and so on. Personally, I believe that our purpose is to be happy, as long as it does not imply the unhappiness of others. But what makes us happy? I tried to resume all our desires in three main categories of pleasures, which would motivate us to take action and pursue our objectives. The esteem pleasure The physical pleasure The social pleasure The first one is the pleasure we have when we achieve something that makes us more confident, and for this reason, called the "esteem...