My Thoughts On Modern Life

By Karun Kris

"We live in the most comfortable generation of all times. Our survival is better organised than ever. Our present lifestyle is something which our ancestors couldn't even dream of having. Still, with all these luxuries our generation is definitely not the happiest"

In this short book, Karun Kris talks about his perspectives on the lives of modern men and women. He talks about the 5 parts which makes up modern life, and offers his insights on making them better.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Karun Kris
• Release date: Jul 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393088950

Karun Kris

Karun Krishnan, who writes under the name 'Karun Kris', was born and raised in Kerala, India. He began writing at age 14 when he suddenly got an idea for a story. This idea consumed him, making him write everyday and expanding his story. At age 15 he self-published his first book. From there on, he began writing more and more. Nowadays, he focuses more on self-help and thought books instead of fiction.

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Introduction

Back in the day, our lives were rather simple. Simple not in the sense that it was easy, but rather it was straightforward: Survive and take care of your tribe. If you get food, water and shelter, it was a good day for all.

Survival was the goal and there were uncertainties around it. For example, while you are fast asleep at night, a tiger might snatch away your child. Or the mango tree that you depended on for the season didn’t bear fruits. Those were serious problems back in the day.

Today, it is safe to say that for the majority of us, our survival is sorted out. If you are reading this book then it means that you’re doing all right. You’ve got everything you need to survive. Your ancestors would have been amazed at you.

Since most of us have taken care of our biggest problem, which is survival, things should be pretty smooth now, right? We all know that’s not the case. Now that we’ve solved our biggest problem, we’ve come up with hundreds of other problems and have glorified each one of them. This is the one liner of the situation faced by the average modern man.

Before we start, this book is not intended to be a self help book. In saying that, there could be some actionable advice and knowing myself, I might put something here and there. So keep your eyes open.

This small book is divided into 5 parts, namely: Perception, Awareness, Motivation, The Bad Side and The Brain. Words like perception and awareness have standard meanings, but we will change them up a bit in this book.

Perception in simple words is the way you see the world and what you make out of it. Awareness has different meanings in different contexts, but for this book, we will define it as the way you see yourself. Motivation is about taking action which could be an outward action or an inward action. The Bad Side is a collection of thoughts and emotions which prevents us from taking action. Finally, The Brain is the connector of the above four. Without the brain, we wouldn’t give a damn about any of this.

These five parts make up our modern life today. Each one of them plays a crucial role in enhancing the