Author Archives: Ethan

You Don’t Want it Badly Enough?

There are two fundamental camps when it comes to mental illness, as I see it.  The first camp, which may be considered the more classic, “free-will” -leaning approach, is that mental illnesses are fundamentally a product of one’s own actions. As a result, they believe the solutions also come from one’s own actions. These people,Continue reading “You Don’t Want it Badly Enough?”

Learning to Enjoy the Little Things

For a long time, I thought people that were content with the small things in their lives were naïve. I thought that by rejecting joy from seemingly insignificant sources, I’d be guaranteed joy only from significant sources. For example, I felt that if I was happy with what I had, there would be nothing withinContinue reading “Learning to Enjoy the Little Things”