Without Stress (?)

Came across an article entitled: 'How to Live a Life Without Stress', which I think is complete bull. You have to have stress, you need to be consistently (albeit not continuously) stressed. As humans, we are walking defects with egoes the size of God's thumb (Form 4 Lit students, ring a bell?), and if we're not stressed every now and again, beaten down and cracked open every once in a while, we're bound to end up like: a) inflated balloons, and getting bored of the air, or b) depressed and sad and hating the sunlight because the boredom will eat us whole.

In a way, life is only about escaping boredom. It's not about surviving, not even to 'survive' in this competitive, economically-driven world, because we're just fine, thank you very much, living off cheap bread and working at Tesco's. Having great interest in buying another loaf of Gardenia, however, is another matter.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
- Robert Byrne -