Random Thoughts 23 Negative Motivation

The world is currently awash with what I would term toxic positivity. That is the somewhat silly notion that you should be relentlessly upbeat about every single life event and that your life should be planned out to maximize your happiness at any given moment. Unfortunately, the world doesn't work that way and never has. Our trajectory through life is uncertain and we often don't know where our path will take us. But we do sometimes have great clarity on knowing what we don't want.