In This is Water, David Wallace explains that the Good Life is a horizon to head for, but the journey towards the good life is littered with hindrances and snares. He focuses more so on the journey towards the good life and how the quest slowly chips away at the one’s mental health. The chisel that slowly chips away at one’s happiness goes unseen because it occurs slowly, but constantly. The barrage of micro-annoyances leveled against you becomes universal, and one does not notice it because “the ubiquitous and important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about” (1). Ultimately what does this have to do with achieving the Good Life or the idea that the good life is more intrinsic than extrinsic? Well, a lot given
