For those who are Theravada Buddhists, it’s time for khao pansa (lent). I’m not the perfect angel but I do have my ‘desires’. I don’t smoke. I drink wine. I don’t care for the latest gadgets or fancy purses. So while there’s not so much materialistic desires for me, the neo-Buddhist in me wanted to dig deeper into the triggers for the unnecessary desires in my life. There are many daily activities and choices that I make, which tend to cultivate a negative mindset and a clouded spiritual journey for how I live my life. I wanted to break the bad habits that have been debilitating for my psyche and aura. What is it, really? As I thought more and more about it, I found myself having a tendency to complain. A lot. Not just of the real world issues but the little mundane and insignificant things that only a person from a developed and strong country as America would complain about. I hate snooty hipsters. I hate when I don’t get my food in …