# Life by a Thousand Cuts #Well-Being *Last updated: March, 2025* ...we over-index our focus on what’s broken in our lives, seldom capturing the feeling of not having to worry about what we take for granted, like putting the next plate of food on the table or the shelter underneath we rest turning into a rubble. We then take the unsatiated mind and splice its attention into a thousand pieces, jamming the day with jobs to be done to satisfy the last ounce of every ambition. We invite mindless cacophony in every possible moment of silence, we swap every [[The Creator's Paradox - Unsolicited Serendipities|opportunity for a deep breath]] with yet another shallow anxious hustle. We then cram each of these pieces with [[Well-Being - Bugs in behavior|our mold of the world order]], chaining everything in our radius to fit within our version of the ethical horizon, and prescribing in it the list of things we deserve from others. And when the universe doesn't bend to our expectations, we think the universe is the one that's broken. > ***But there are [[Well-Being - No mistakes|no mistakes]] in the universe (Alan Watts)*** By in itself, nothing matters. How much you earn? What you own? Who you pray to? What you believe? Do you cheer for the left or the right? How much you spend? How much you save? What really matters is what it does to you. How did your first pay check change you? Your first heartbreak? The first time you lost a loved one? The first time you were laid off? Your first million? What did it do to you? There are no mistakes in the universe - only stubborn repeat reminders that the universe will keep doing onto you until you ignore what you are doing to yourself. And until then, we will over-index our focus on what’s broken in our lives...