One of the Best Books You'll Ever Read (Need)

Lately, Tyler Durden describes my life better than anyone. If you've never read Fight Club, you need to. If you've never seen it, you need to rent it. Or own it.

And even though I will still probably struggle (like most) to get out from under the bullshit of economic status, I am still happy that I crawled out quicker and less scathed than most.

You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

If you don't know what you want," the doorman said, "you end up with a lot you don't."

"It's only after you've lost everything," Tyler says, "that you're free to do anything."

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.

...you're not how much money you've got in the bank. You're not your job. You're not your family, and you're not who you tell yourself.... You're not your name.... You're not your problems.... You're not your age.... You are not your hopes.

Now that you know all that, I just saved you loads of money in therapy. Just thank, Tyler....

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