People Without An Internalized Symbolic System Can

A Joyful Life Is An Individual Creation That Cannot Be Copied From A Recipe.

Unless A Person Knows How To Give Order To Her Thoughts, Attention Will Be Attracted To Whatever Is Most Problematic At The Moment.

Find Out What You Like And What You Hate About Life. Start Doing More Of What You Love, Less Of What You Hate.

However, A Good Life Consists Of More Than Simply The Totality Of Enjoyable Experiences. It Must Also Have A Meaningful Pattern, A Trajectory Of Growth That Results In The Development Of Increasing Emotional, Cognitive, And Social Complexity.

Good Design Is A Visual Statement That Maximizes The Life Goals Of The People In A Given Culture (or, More Realistically, The Goals Of A Certain Subset Of People In The Culture) That Draws On A Shared Symbolic Expression For The Ordering Of Such Goals.