Success can turn out to be a real pain.
Minecraft’s creator Markus Persson took to Twitter this weekend to vent about life after selling his company Mojang to Microsoft for $2.5 billion.
Despite wealth, fame and that infamous $70 million party pad in Los Angeles, which he reportedly outbid Jay Z and Beyonce for, Notch is feeling a bit down.
From his Twitter:
The problem with getting everything is you run out of reasons to keep trying, and human interaction becomes impossible due to imbalance.
— Notch (@notch) August 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/notch/status/637563038258868224
When we sold the company, the biggest effort went into making sure the employees got taken care of, and they all hate me now.
— Notch (@notch) August 29, 2015
Found a great girl, but she's afraid of me and my life style and went with a normal person instead.
— Notch (@notch) August 29, 2015
I would Musk and try to save the world, but that just exposes me to the same type of assholes that made me sell minecraft again.
— Notch (@notch) August 29, 2015
Apparently, he found a way to turn that frown upside down.
And just venting and not feeling like I had to hide made it feel a bit easier to cope with already. ❤
— Notch (@notch) August 29, 2015
A jellyfish stung my knee. Surprisingly didn't hurt that much, and at least two people offered what I would consider a bad solution.
— Notch (@notch) August 29, 2015
After some “knee pee” on his jellyfish sting, Notch then tweets that his goal for the day is to “not go to a club.”
He also took to Twitter to explain that his mini-meltdown really wasn’t that bad, to bemoan the state of journalism and add that he’s not turning to God.
Journalism /ˈdʒəːn(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ noun
1. Browsing twitter, speculating, and making up some shit.
2. (archaic) Accurately describing reality.— Notch (@notch) August 31, 2015
fwiw, while there are articles about my depression because I had a bad day and vented on a trend I saw, I'm sitting here having a nice day.
— Notch (@notch) August 31, 2015
While I appreciate the well meaning suggestions I turn to God, I'd much rather turn to Kojima.
— Notch (@notch) August 31, 2015
Notch’s dilemma (extreme wealth, access, privilege) is a textbook case study on what it means to find true happiness.
And guess what? Once you have your basic needs taken care of (clean water, food, shelter, education, etc.) it really doesn’t have anything to do with money, partying or buying things.
Go outside and do healthy stuff, find a good community, practice gratitude and give back. Maybe get a dog? Get back to us.