LIV, LOVE, LAUGH STRÖMQUIST

Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1

1070 Wien

 

How can you achieve a happy, mindful life? Perhaps something like this: Keep a dream journal after waking up, meditate for ten minutes, drink a liter of ginger-turmeric water, and listen to a mindfulness podcast at double speed. While brushing your teeth, smile at your reflection and repeat positive mantras in your head. Create a to-do list with ten bullet points in five colors. Use the Pomodoro technique at work to improve performance (standing or on a yoga ball), and do facial yoga in the office bathroom during breaks to relax. Nod to at least five strangers, log 10,000 steps, read 20 pages of self-help—but do it in a relaxed manner. Light a scented candle in the evening, knit, take a cold shower, and write down ten things you're grateful for. Still not happy? Then you're doing something wrong.

Manically cheerful self-help books, Instagram influencers, and life coaches make a killing off our attempts to squeeze as much efficiency and mindfulness as possible out of every second of our enigmatic existence. But where does this longing come from? What are we afraid of? Just like in her bestselling comics (such as "The Oracle Speaks"), LIV, LOVE, LAUGH STRÖMQUIST informatively and humorously takes on the obsession with perfection—and considers what might actually be worth living for.

(Source: volkstheater.at)