Jerry’s Marginalia — Peace Isn’t Overrated
I saw a post the other day where someone said, “Happiness is overrated.”
And I get it.
When life turns into work, bills, and just barely making it to the next month, you stop chasing happiness.
You downgrade the goal.
Not joy. Not connection. Not even peace.
Just… getting through the day without everything falling apart.
But let me say this clearly:
Peace isn’t overrated.
A quiet house. A cat or two. Something that actually wants to be around you. No extra mess. No constant noise. No cleaning up after people who don’t respect your space.
That’s not some fantasy.
That’s a life.
People call things overrated when they’ve been without them too long.
Not because they don’t matter— but because it’s easier to pretend they don’t than to admit you still want them.
I’m not chasing fireworks.
I don’t need loud happiness. I don’t need constant excitement.
I want something simple:
A place that’s mine. A space that’s quiet. A life where I’m not drained the moment I walk in the door.
Something that feels like rest… not another shift.
You can call that overrated if you want.
I don’t.
I call that the goal.
— Jerry Reforged · Tribunal Chair (DPA)