David Foster Wallace’s theory is that when we run on autopilot we don’t think, we don’t think in the right way at the least, we tend to consider the wort scenarios and we become mad at our selves for being in situations that we deem to be unpleasant. Through what put us there in the first place is a single careless mistake what could easily be reverted. Then again if we change the mindset and consider other possibilities for yourself it becomes clear that things could be much worse than they are now. So, your predicament doesn’t seem so bad anymore. This relates to TEWWG seen especially with the trends of Janie’s relationships. Tea Cake the character is seen very early in the novel as a sort of free spirit, essentially the perfect man for Janie but she is oblivious, like Wallace references that sometimes the best and most important and essential things in life is right in front of us, but we just don’t realize it. As the novel presses and her various relationships don’t end up...