That’s when I understood why some people spontaneously jump off rooftops and bridges and window ledges: They do it because it’s easier than almost everything else in life. It’s easier to jump than divorce your wife, easier to jump than try to win a girlfriend back, easier to jump than ask your boss for a raise, easier to jump than deal with your growing pile of unpaid bills, easier to jump than face your wife and kids after letting them down, easier to jump than spend every day in meetings and therapy trying to be someone you’re not. It’s easier—and quicker. It solves every problem with
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