English Translation
People always seek “to have”,
but “to have” is actually to have misery.
Original Mandarin Version
人都是求“有”
有就是烦恼
Deimos Analyzes – For Non-Bloggers
This is pretty straight forward, when people wanted to have something, they will attempt to acquire it. Unable to acquire what they want, they might feel miserable.
Deimos Analyzes – For Bloggers
Many bloggers are blogging for money, after realizing that it is not as easy as it appears to be, many quit. This is a good thing actually, as the sub par blogs will die off.
The Sims
The image used in the banner is from the game – The Sims and that Sim is looking quite miserable. To be honest, Deimos is feeling quite miserable these few days as well.
Deimos’s Daily Reads
Cats again, this time, it is cat boys, again courtesy of elezend.
Deimos’s Thoughts
Today is the last day of Deimos’s Hong Kong Macau tour and he ought to reach LCCT Malaysia by around 11:30pm-ish. This is a scheduled post, courtesy of the WordPress blog publishing system. Hopefully, Deimos would be happier after going on a vacation trip.
Deimos Asks
What do you do to cheer yourself up when you are feeling miserable?
6:15 am
kljs
said the following:
Yeah, nowadays many people blog because they want to earn money and not actually blog……… the faster they quit, they better……
11:29 am
levian
said the following:
it’s kinda like human nature
to always yearn for the better though.
when i’m miserable ..
i blog about it (since the emotion is most sincere at its “peak”),
i cry, i blast the music, or i sleep through it.
🙄
2:30 pm
elezend
said the following:
I don’t blog for money anymore because the competition is too high 😕
7:13 pm
Nicole Price
said the following:
Why are you feeling so miserable. You are a successful blogger. You may not make a great deal of money on it, but you are regular and it will eventually take you there.
Nothing like a hot chocolate, an inspiring book after a shower that will follow a brisk walk to clear my head, is my formula for getting rid of the blues and to cheer myself up.
9:11 am
kljs
said the following:
I guess too many bloggers (successful ones) are sometimes trying to show off their earnings, thus this makes those who are trying to be them, do almost everything to earn money fast, and in the end, most of them failed. This leads to misery….
or something like that…..
12:23 pm
elezend
said the following:
not really showing off, it’s a marketing skill ❓
it will make others think “Oh, wow, he can do it, why can’t I?!”
12:49 pm
BaseGuardian
said the following:
[quote]
I don’t blog for money anymore because the competition is too high
[quote]
@elezend, yeah it’s true, I already “pencen” doing that 😆
4:14 pm
Wan Kong Yew
said the following:
Cheer up! Recent research suggests that despite all the bad news amidst we live in, people are actually getting happier!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/studyworldgetshappier
As for feeling depressed because of being unable to get what you want, hey, you’re a Buddhist, and Buddhists are supposed to not yearn for things, and hence should not be disappointed if they fail to get something they yearn for.
Supposedly a recent episode of “60 Minutes” investigated why the Danes are among the happiest people on Earth and it turns out that the people in Denmark are generally a gloomy and morose people who think the worst of what the future will hold, and so when things turn out not to be as bad as they expected, they’re happy!
12:37 am
elezend
said the following:
@BaseGuardian same here, pencen ever since I bought elezend 😀
@WKY thanks for the info ^_^
11:15 am
bloggista
said the following:
LOL. Blogging for money really sucks – that’s why I do blog for money coz I suck at it. Hehe. But seriously, there is no money in blogging – its in some other online business and affiliate marketing. But feeling miserable? Nahhh, I always think about your Perseverance Silent Thoughts and that’s keeping me going and going. Success won’t happen in just a few months. 🙂
11:07 am
Vic
said the following:
Hey mate, I hope you are ok now.
By the way, I was in Hong Kong too! I was there 3 – 7 July.
I found that I am more miserable after the HK trip.. pocket empty 😐
I don’t do things to cheer myself up. I just forget what’s making me feel down.
1:31 pm
Hye Munar
said the following:
About your statement “Many bloggers are blogging for money, after realizing that it is not as easy as it appears to be, many quit. This is a good thing actually, as the sub par blogs will die off.” I do agree. it is disappointing sometimes that several bloggers quit, and stop making their goals a reality. Making money with blogging is hard at first… but it requires patience and determination.
5:05 pm
Deimos Tel`Arin
said the following:
@kljs:
The less the competition, the better eh? 😀
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@levian:
But the problem is still there if not solved! 😯
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@elezend:
Blog for passion, money will come in later, hopefully. 🙂
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@Nicole Price:
Various issues in my part of the physical realm ain’t doing too well. ➡
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@kljs:
Copy caters would never succeed! 😎
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@elezend:
Like that also considered marketing skill meh? 💡
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@BaseGuardian:
Keep on blogging though, I enjoy watching those action figure screen shots. 🙂
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@Wan Kong Yew:
Thanks for the cheer. Guess I need much of those now. 🙂
Interesting research you got there.
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@elezend:
You got good anime related stuff, keep ’em coming! 😳
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@bloggista:
Good search engine traffic does brings in more Google Adsense clicks though. 💡
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@Vic:
These few days, I think I am in a state of depression. 😯
Regarding the trip, I was in Hong Kong from 30 June to 3 July. 🙂
3 July to 4 July was in Macau, reached LCCT around 11:30pm-ish.
For my case, unable to forget what is making me feel miserable. 😮
Need to focus on how to solve the problem or else feel more miserable. 😕
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@Hye Munar:
I came across blogs that just stopped updating completely. 😯
Totally wasted, I would say. ➡
12:16 pm
Vic
said the following:
I like this blog but the author stop updating it….
http://closesecond.blogsome.com/
(btw, am I allowed to paste link of other’s blog here?)
2:57 pm
Deimos Tel`Arin
said the following:
@Vic:
If it is relevant to the topic of the post, why not? 🙂
That blog you mentioned, looks like a story blog. 😎
Guess the blogger stopped updating the story eh? 💡
By the way, when are you going to register a gravatar for yourself? 😯
http://www.gravatar.com
7:40 pm
Vic
said the following:
@DTA
I always wanted to ask you how do I upload my avatar, but your blog got no proper place for me to ask question. ➡
Anyway, it is a blog, not a forum. So I just continue to comment with my face masked.
Ya, that’s a story blog, and the story is hilarious!
ps: I registered my gravatar already, and HOW COME I STILL CANNOT SEE MY AVATAR!!?? 😡
7:59 pm
Deimos Tel`Arin
said the following:
@Vic:
You can ask anywhere, I will attend to your queries. 🙂
So nice ah you, still got time to read stories. 😕
Did you use the same email? 💡
It will locate the correct gravatar via email. 😯
12:42 pm
Vic
said the following:
Yey! There’s my gravatar! Apparently it needs time to update 😀
10:58 pm
Deimos Tel`Arin
said the following:
@Vic:
Indeed. Looks like a Piglet soft toy from the world of Winnie Pooh. 😯
6:10 pm
amei79
said the following:
Not really true in my opinion, it can be another way round: people always seek “to dont have”, but “to dont have” is actually to have misery.
2:11 am
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9:02 pm
Hye Munar
said the following:
I do agree that when one does not attain what he wants,he get misarable. I think it’s human nature. But I think we should think first if those things we want are important. If not, then there’s no point of being miserable, right?
7:34 pm
Eva White
said the following:
When you don’t get what you want, don’t get miserable, get active in another domain. Maybe it wasn’t good for you to have that anyway.