Pursuit of Wonders

A short animated story about a man's search for happiness. On his journey, he looks everywhere, but learns that somethings you don't need to look so hard for.

Disclaimer: The point of this video is not to accurately predict the future, but to illustrate potential ideals for the future. If it can be imagined, who's to say it cannot be obtained at some point? At the current rate, a lot can happen in the next 100 years, so why not imagine and hope for the best? Why not hope for humanity?

Overthinking is certainly a double edged sword. On one side, it can be very unpleasant and debilitating. But on the other, it can be useful to push our questions, concerns, and thoughts to the extreme in pursuit of improvement and understanding. To find the balance, we must allow overthinking to exist in our life, but remain in control of the thinking process so we can inhibit any negative side effects. In this video, we explain 6 simple ways to more easily find this sweet spot.

In this negative visualization exercise, we guide you through a detailed experience of tragedy. A tragedy that people have and continue to endure. This could happen to you, me, or anyone. Tragedy strikes with no warning, and discriminates against no one. And sometimes we have to take a glimpse into the negativity of what could happen in life in order to remember to appreciate the positivity of what we have. DISCLAIMER: We do not wish to offend anyone or illicit painful memories of real incidents of tragedy. Our goal is only to use the possibility of this fictitious hypothetical and the deeply unfortunate results to help create a sense of appreciation for life.

As a side note, don't be concerned about the new voice. We will be continuing with our traditional content style and voice, but we will also be developing some new content formats and will have some additional help in the process. Let us know in the comments any thoughts or suggestions moving forward!

If you are not happy and fulfilled with your life, risk it all to make it so that you are. The only place you can go is up and the riskiest thing you can do is not take any risks to try.

You win when you realize that the prize is the game.

We often like to think that our pets need and depend on us, but in a lot of ways, it is the other way around.

Often turning off and falling asleep can be one of the hardest things to do. The mind continues to race and worry, resisting giving itself to the night. This short guided meditation can be listened to each night before bed in order to help prompt a shift in mental state away from anxiety or overthinking and towards positivity, relaxation, appreciation, and wonder. Let the day go, and go to sleep. Tomorrow is a new day.

As life moves and changes, so must we as individuals. We must learn how to be open minded to new ideas and new ways of thinking, and prevent ourselves from being locked into limiting ideologies of yesterday. If our goal is truth, than we should hold our opinions loosely and always be improving and adapting them.

We cannot give someone something we do not have. Sketch-work by Ben Bursell.

The concept of death is incredibly difficult to appreciate. But perhaps a life without it would be incredibly difficult to appreciate.

It's unclear how much control we truly have over our life and our choices. It's unclear if free will, determinism, or a mix of compatibilism is the answer. But what appears to be clear, is that we can choose how we deal with not knowing. Ironic.

Little things don't matter so much when you realize no one has any idea what's really going on.

If you are reading this, you are alive. If you are alive, you will die. Those two things are certain. What you do with the time in between is not. Work towards your goals and dreams, not just to accomplish wealth, fame, or power, but to feel engaged and apart of the life you have for the short time you still have it. Because what else is there to do?

The true nature of life and our purpose within the universe is something that we may never fully comprehend. When we look for a conclusive and absolute answer to the meaning of life, we quickly find that there appears to be none. So what do we do with a life that has no meaning beyond itself?

One of the most enjoyable and valuable things we can do in life is reflect. Reflect on the moments that have past and consider them through a detached state of mind so we can appreciate what we have experienced, for good and for bad, free from worry or concern.

We all have fears. Some rational, some not. But what's important is that we deal with our fears in ways that don't make the emotion of fear worse than the actual outcome of the fear itself. Often, our imaginations run away with over-the-top constructions of the future that ruin our ability to enjoy the present. And the only thing worse than our fears coming true, is living out the emotional consequences of our fears coming true without them even doing so.

Why is that some people succeed in life while others do not? What separates successful people from the unsuccessful? Is it just a matter of hard work? Or perhaps it’s luck?

In life, we want purpose and fulfillment. We want to feel excited and engaged in what we do, both in our careers and our personal life. We want to experience the powerful oscillations of life's energy and create our own unique waves within it. In order to do so, we have to understand the balance between our self and money.

The universe is random and objective, yet somehow it often feels like everything happens for a reason. Perhaps there is divine destiny at play, or perhaps we create our own reasons.

What if we could live our entire life with the light-hearted spirit of a child? What if we could find wonder and appreciation in even the simplest and mundane things? What if even when life is boring, it still feels like something worth celebrating? With the right perspective, perhaps we can do all these things and constantly feel intoxicated by life's magnificence.

How to live in the moment? Why is it such a popular concept, yet so a rarely accomplished?

Time changes everything. Life is in constant flux and if we do not learn how to live with and accept change, we do not live at all. Song: Dragon And Toast by Kevin MacLeod (https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic)

Can we achieve both great sex & true love in life? Is the human mind ready and equipped to support this balance?