From Derek Siver’s site
I was at a Kurt Vonnegut talk in New York a few years ago. Talking about writing, life, and everything. He explained why people have such a need for drama in their life.
He said, “People have been hearing fantastic stories since time began. The problem is, they think life is supposed to be like the stories. Let’s look at a few examples.”

“People LOVE that story! This story arc has been written a thousand times in a thousand tales. And because of it, people think their lives are supposed to be like this.
“But the problem is, life is really like this…”

“But because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs! So people pretend there is drama where there is none.
“That’s why we act like everything that happens to us is such a big deal.
“We’re trying to make our life into a fairy tale.”
Kurt Vonnegut is wise, but I’m not sure about this one. I still feel like I’m halfway through the Cinderella chart right now and I don’t think it’s because I’ve read too many books. Sometimes life is a fairy tale. The main difference is, in real life you can’t expect a happy ending. And I don’t think people do. That’s why the lows hurt so much.






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