Dedicated to your stories and ideas. Learn about us. Submit your writing to be published on Thought Catalog. Learn more about working with Thought Catalog. “Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?” – Albert Camus I often laugh as I sip my morning coffee—to the extent that I’m able to remember this quote, that is. It’s a snarky reminder that we are alive and we are faced with a choice to truly live. We tend to get distracted by the mirage of busyness, the minutiae that have us pretending to be big and famous and important. So many of us fall into the trap of taking life seriously. We furrow our brows and clench our jaws in preparation for the next grand disaster of the day; we anxiously allot minutes and seconds to each task in our
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