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‘Fictional’ Essay or Speech “Money CAN buy happiness.”

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Hey again. Another piece of fiction for you, I just have to say that this is not the way I think of the situation I just tried to “become” a young extremely successful entrepreneur with a slightly philosophic side.

This is basically a rich guy arguing for and against living for the sake of making and spending money.

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’Money can’t buy happiness’ the saying goes. I beg to differ. Money can indeed make you happy, although momentarily. However is there any other kind of happiness? The joy of a lover’s gentle touch disappears slowly along with the lover. The joy of helping somebody, the joy of being saved, it all fades with time. Well at least in my experience.

I find it funny when people act like their way of pursuing happiness is somehow superior to mine. I like money. I like things. Calling me shallow and materialistic… dude, what the hell? In the end we’re pursuing the exact same thing. Happiness. Just because you help out some people along the way somehow makes your way better? No. The main goal is still your own contentment, your own happiness, your own wellbeing. Although, admittedly on more of a mental than a physical level.

In your own jolly way, you’re as selfish as me. Why do you help people? Because it makes you feel all giddy inside right? I mean come on. Is there anyone that can honestly say that they thought about their life situation logically and then went to work as a doctor in Africa? Like it or not by donating a tiny fraction of my fortune I can help more than you can in a lifetime down there working for your life.

And because donating to charities has become more or less a necessity for more successful entrepreneurs I have probably already helped more unfortunate Africans out than you will ever be able to. Anyway what I’m trying to say is, whatever you do to pursue happiness, you’re still pursuing your own happiness no? Then why am I so different? And don’t give me that copy and paste speech about morals and ethics, think something up for yourself.
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Not trying to offend successful entrepreneurs with this. Hell I’d like to become one. Also I’ve been kind of busy so I wrote this in a spare 20 minutes, so don’t hate me if you find a few grammatical errors or flaws in the “fictional essay” itself or if it’s just plain bad. Anyway, what do you do in your quest for happiness? And also why is/isn’t money the way to go if you’re after happiness? Let me know what you think in a comment.

Take care and stay creative.

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The Importance of Ideas.

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Okay so I haven’t started carrying around a little notebook, as I’ve heard a lot of other writers do. But when a great idea dawns on me I repeat it over and over in my head until I am certain that I remember it and when I put myself in front of the computer, I write it down in the notepad. This is not something I recommend though, because when notepad gets closed because windows insists on restarting every now and then for “security updates”, and notepad doesn’t restore :( So I’ve lost a few of the less memorable ideas along the way. But the defining ideas that affect the way I think of a story remain.

Actually I’m going to find an awesome notebook and buy it. I have to start thinking practically instead of the road of least effort. And if you have also been somewhat of an” idea-book” skeptic, I will let you know how it goes. Anyway what I really wanted to talk about was the importance of a great idea, something intriguing that even with crap writing shines through and makes it bearable. It is no doubt the combination of such an idea with decent or better writing that makes a good book. And instead of focusing on the originality of the idea, (even if it has been done before you can still do it better right? ) focus on the quality of the idea and how interesting you can make it.

And even if someone tells you it’s bad, if you like it someone else probably will to, and if nobody likes it… well you can credit yourself with being unique in your tastes. Even so try to make sure the idea is something within the boundaries of acceptability for at least part of an audience.  And of course, do not underestimate how much professional feedback can help you on the way to perfecting not only your idea, but your entire story. Therefore it is imperative that you find a way to communicate with writers within your genre.

That’s it for now, well take care and keep on writing.

“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”  – E.L. Doctorow

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