Effort Ruins Everything

The less I care about something, the more likely it is to work. I’ve tested this theory extensively, mostly against my will.

When I needed people around me, no one showed. The moment I wanted to be left alone to mess with this website, they were at my door. I’d coasted through my whole life somehow, and then the one semester I actually sat down and thought seriously about my future, I managed to blow my degree in a way I didn’t think was possible. When sex was the last thing on my mind, the offers arrived from everywhere. When I actually felt something, every woman went silent. Every time I treated things with Becca like they didn’t matter much, everything was easy. The moment I put my whole heart into it, she ended it.

Conclusion: stop caring. Don’t try. Then it’ll work out with the neighbor down the hall too. Liam Lynch had the right word for all of this. Whatever.