Happiness is indeed addictive, and this is the central point of Infinite Jest. Whatever your addiction is, it is never enough. You find yourself so get used to music blasting to your ears, that you despise silence. Soon you feel frustrated of your progress in school or work, and pushing yourself to achieve more. Soon your daily cup of coffee is not enough you’ll find yourself craving more. We seek pleasure in every form of entertainment available, and in the process, become addicted to that pleasure, however small it is. Whether we will like it, or whether it’s worth it.Įvery single one of us is trapped in our own never-ending pursuit of happiness. Personally for me, not knowing where I am headed is far more interesting than a stop sign.Īfter all, we never know where life will take us. Well, you can throw the book away and just end it right here and right now. Hell, you cannot even decide whether you like it this far.Īnd yet you don’t have another choice but to keep going. You don’t know if all this, all the efforts, energy, time, feelings that you have invested is going to be worth it. You feel that you know nothing even though you have been this far, and yet there is still a very long journey ahead of you. There are so much things going on, too much so that you cannot keep track of everything in front of you. I guess, in one way or another, reading Infinite Jest is like trying to understand life itself. I just began reading the book yesterday, after countless trial and error episodes of picking up the book, opening the first page, and giving up. A serious book for serious responsibility my new age had in store for me. It just seemed appropriate, a serious book to mark a whole new chapter in my life. The book has been gathering dust for eleven months.
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