The American Idea Of Happiness Is A Huge Lie

Tom Kuegler
4 min readFeb 10, 2021
Photo by Luke Michael on Unsplash

As I stared out my window, I witnessed something disturbing.

My neighbor who I’ve known for 15 years went out to his car, popped the trunk, grabbed a beer, opened it, then started drinking before he even got back in the house.

At 2 PM.

It seems mundane. It seems somewhat harmless, right?

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Tom Kuegler

Travel blogger. 30 years old. Currently in Mexico. Subscribe to my Substack: https://mindofawriter.substack.com/