Comments on: 10 Ways To Be Absolutely F*@king Miserable!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:30:40 +0000

Lol great post Mark. It’s amazing how different your outlook is when you try to be positive. I was probably in the absolute worst situation a few months ago. I mean, a movie character couldn’t of had a worse run of luck. A few weeks of just trying to be positive, even 1 hr a day listening to audio recordings of changing your views worked wonders.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:36:37 +0000

😀 Thanks, Manny

By: Manny

Manny — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:23:49 +0000

Hahaha. Lmao. #6 made me laugh like crazy. Your protein shake still hasn’t arrived from Amazon.. Hehe Mark, you made my day man!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:14:59 +0000

In reply to Dan. Missed that one, Dan ;-)

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:46:00 +0000

Awesome post, although you missed the most important step for misery, Step 0: Never work out, make sure you skip every opportunity you have to hit the gym and instead enjoy a miserable few hours sitting alone in the dark :p

By: Usman

Usman — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:46:14 +0000

Really F*@king awesome post!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:54:05 +0000

Great post. i’ve seen myself and several of my friends doing at least a few of these. i think we’re all guilty of at least half at some point or another.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:29:15 +0000

Nice Post Mark!!

I just wanted to add: trying to please everybody to the list. Bill Cosby once said: “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody”.

Thanks, keep up the good work bro

By: Building Muscle

Building Muscle — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:51:56 +0000

Great material. Something to pin to the fridge and review on those cloudy days.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:14:33 +0000

My girlfriend needs to read this.

By: John

John — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:43 +0000

Awesome!! This is exactly what I have been doing all this time. 🙁

I am changing my way of thinking right NOW! Today is 30th Dec 2008, but I will not wait until 1st Jan 2009 to implement all the good things, including my diet and exercise. Waiting for a big day to start something good is an excuse to procrastinate even more!

Thanks a lot!!

By: Anto

Anto — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:19:54 +0000

Really loved this article, it shows how ridiculous it is to sometimes worry about things instead of enjoying life. Thank you!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:15:36 +0000

I agree with that Kiefer.

By: Kiefer

Kiefer — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:11:47 +0000

You should of added – Why me?

This has to be said most often by people with a negative outlook.

How you deal with life’s obstacles defines how you will live life.

Be part of the solution not the problem!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:25:26 +0000

@Crogi – great to hear!

@Irania – Thanks for your comments. I totally agree that each so-called ‘fall’ is a preparative step for something much better. However, we can choose not to take that step. This is when people get stuck. All things work together for the good in the end.

By: Irania

Irania — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:46:34 +0000

When you are in trouble, it is hard to believe that you are being prepared for something better. It is hard to see that desperation you feel in the pit of your stomach is making you stronger. There is no way to tell that the fear you experience.
Looking back, I realized how unfulfilled my life had been. Most of the time, it was fun. But it did not fill the void I felt in my life. Perhaps that is why I never felt successful.
I got it! Thank you Mark for your willingness to participate in my healing.
I discover a new level of healing that needs to be done. I have been crying for a long time. It is time for me to laugh. In order to laugh, I know I must work through the crap, live through the bad, and have my eyes opened wide to the miracle of life called ME.
Be blessed!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:18:43 +0000

lmfao so funny

good way to turn a frown upside down 😀

By: Dr. Nick Campos

Dr. Nick Campos — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:20:57 +0000

Great post; well done. Thoroughly enjoyed it–thanks.

By: Davy

Davy — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:56:02 +0000

As someone who’s struggled with depression all his life adn who has a degree in psychology, I can tell you two things:

1. This really works
2. It really doesn’t work

It’s true that the more you dwell on unhappy things the closer you get to depression. Unfortunately, the physical changes depression causes make positive thinking nearly impossible. Studies have actually shown that depressed people have a MORE accurate self image, view of the future, and so on than “normals”.

It’s very frustrating to those of us who make a daily effort to put this into practice not to see results for many months – but more so when people think the mentally ill are somehow mentally lazy. Without concommitant couseling and drug therapy prognosis of positive thinking alone is poor.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:56:12 +0000

@ Sean. LMAO!

By: sean bean

sean bean — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:02:41 +0000

man… you must have had a run in with my mother… she lives and breathes all of them except # 9

By: Sealy

Sealy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:50:16 +0000

this is definitely convincing me that i should stop being so miserable and i need to stop thinking about the past so much.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:12:15 +0000

Great Crogi! Keep shining my man!

By: crogi

crogi — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:05:01 +0000

ha believe it or not but i think this just put my life in perspective and cured a bout of depression lasting a few months and almost getting me kicked out of school ha

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:05:10 +0000

It’s good to read things like this. Thanks for all.