Did you know Billie Eilish has Tourettes? Me either. I also didn’t know her real name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.
Pirate?
I wish my name was Pirate.
Onward…
Three days ago a random girl asked me a question that stopped me in my tracks. I had never met this gal. She was cute.
“Are you happy?” She asked.
Now, you folks might think that is a normal, easy question. However, it got me thinking and I am an overthinker.
The Dalai Lama states:
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
Big Tommy Jefferson wrote this in the Declaration of Independence:
all men are equally entitled to the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Then I found this humdinger…
The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
Damn. Do you feel absolutely terrific about yourself?
I told the gal I have my ups and downs. My guess is I am happy 60% of the time. It could be 40% though.
The question I am really debating right now with my friends is this…
Is happiness a choice?
Trey
TREY’S THREE THINGS
I asked my uber-smart friend Melisa Joy Kong for some advice on how to improve this newsletter. She is the third smartest human on earth and offered this advice:
…If anything, I'd say give people something additional to grasp on to—it could be your three favorite links or one favorite social media follow or one fascinating question at the end of each newsletter.
I am taking her advice and trying new ideas. Today’s is called Trey’s Three Things. Let me know if you love it or think it is complete garbage.
THINK - Something that made me think this week.
GET - How to spend money you don’t have.
GO - Travel is the only therapy that works.
THINK:
TikTok’s mission statement: Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
I love TikTok’s mission statement. I love creativity and crave joy. I have two personal mission statements:
To wake up excited and go to bed fulfilled.
To travel the world and tell stories.
Do you have a personal mission statement? If so, do you feel something when you read it or say it? Does it move you?
GET:
Get the world’s strongest coffee (1,555 mg caffeine per 12-ounce cup):
Not the world’s shittiest coffee (126 mg caffeine per 12-ounce cup):
GO:
Go to Red Frog Beach in Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Fly into Panama City or San Jose, Costa Rica then grab a puddle jumper to Bocas Del Toro. It is one of my favorite places in the world.