No Points is an original story about how sometimes it can be valuable to just do something that doesn't have any point.

It specifically explores this through the worlds of academia, activism, and intellectualism.

The story tells the tale of an intellectual main character who has a revelation about having more happiness and he gets a painting commission to celebrate just enjoying happy things which he hangs the painting in his house. He then confidently decides to throw a casual party to encourage his intellectual friends to have the same happiness. Things do not go as planned.

Links

Read and Listen to More Stories About: www.hidukehouse.com/stories

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Storytelling Theory: www.hidukehouse.com/books

Values to Action with OYF: https://www.oyf.com/values-to-action

Related Episode: Every Shade of Blue, Episode 03 of this Podcast

Science Related to Commentary

Understanding Flourishing - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1458946/full

Dangers of Rumination - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2832862/

The Positive of Being Outside - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26124129/

Benefits of Taking a Break - https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014212

Savoring the Moment - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8978832/

Notes

“No Points” is a story written and read by Troy Hiduke Campbell

The conference, hotel, and characters describe in the story are all fictional.

Stories About are ideas captured in original, short fiction. ​These stories are meant to be a bit whimsical and entertaining, but most importantly, they are meant to use the power of narrative to capture and share an idea.