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There very may well be some greater meaning of life but I know this one makes me happy and that is all one can really ask for in life.
The first one is gaining just enough money that I can ponder the meaning of life. The second one is pondering the meaning of life.
The hardest part of this type of journey is realizing you don’t need money to be happy or feel contentment. It may not make sense right now, but you may spend the next decade or so chasing money to get to a point of contentment only to realize that you’re chasing after money because you think it’s going to give you peace. The turn is when you figure out money doesn’t give you peace. Contentment, happiness are choices…
To become one with God, through his commandments, mostly by loving, clothing, and feeding my neighbor. However, my performance is woefully inadequate. Luckily, my God is a loving God, and has me on a PIP, so hopefully we see some good progress with the time I have left.
Pip3 surely?
The first one is gaining just enough money that I can ponder the meaning of life. The second one is pondering the meaning of life.
The hardest part of this type of journey is realizing you don’t need money to be happy or feel contentment. It may not make sense right now, but you may spend the next decade or so chasing money to get to a point of contentment only to realize that you’re chasing after money because you think it’s going to give you peace. The turn is when you figure out money doesn’t give you peace. Contentment, happiness are choices…
I wrote this back when I was 18, in response to the question “what kind of life do you want to live?” but I always come back to it. Something about it still resonates with me. “What kind of life do you want to live?” “A life full of color. I couldnt bear to have a boring life: I want my days to be full of joy and pain and laughter and success and failure and broken hearts and love. To be honest I don’t care where I e…
I think many frequent users of HN should really consider this more. I'm glad you are enjoying Vue but it's also your kids 3rd birthday and your dad's 68th and neither of those things hit you as hard as transpiling some js? Priorities are lost in the hustle culture that silicon valley built and you are punished for not doing it constantly. It's toxic and we need to do better, there are more important things than a com…
Some people may get more joy out of crushing a new feature than taking their dad to the same old steakhouse for their birthday but that is more an issue with how Dopamine is distributed than an issues with their motivations.
I recently spent the weekend with my brother and his wife both who I love deeply. But during the weekend I felt myself wanting to play Elden Ring and dick off like I often do on the weekend instead of feeling obligated to spend time with them who I only see a few times a year. Does that mean I have some type of flaw? No. It means my reward system loves getting runes so I can level up and make progress in a game which was build specifically trigger that reaction.
But I have been alive long enough to know that prioritizing spending time with my family is actually much better for me and everyone involved in the long run than chasing the quick Dopamine hit my body wants. So I do it. We hiked, ate out, watched UNC beat Duke, and had a fantastic time and build memories that I'll cherish going forward.
Human are capable of feeling conflicting emotions and drives. It's hard, but finding which things to prioritize kinda is... living.
> Basically, I want to grow old doing what I love, not feeling that I am working. That’s where I’m at, now. I was forced into that, but, after a few years, I’ll admit it’s the best thing that ever happened to me. I’m not rich; and likely never will be, but I’m going to be fine. I was considering working for another ten years, and adding more to a pile, but it would have cost me my soul. This was made quite clear to m…
I came to a similar realization about 5 years ago. I was very much a work all the time, climb climb guy. It only took a series of panic attacks and subsequent health anxiety to change all of that. I realized if I'd died nobody would really even remember me or my works, and all my savings (not rich, btw) were for naught.
Luckily, the panic/anxiety subsided, but the self reflection lessons did not. I find myself being a lot more selfless - giving time, effort, or money to people who deserve it, and work way, way less. I'm happy, but I'll never be rich and definitely won't be retiring early.
I finally made it to a point that I have no debt and racked up a considerable savings over the pandemic. I quit my job a couple months ago (have a side consulting gig that pays 80% of my expenses for minimal hours) and I have been loving it. I’m so busy! In the past week I have been working on perfecting a French omelette, started sprouting some heirloom seeds for a patio garden, hosted a dinner party, going on hikes…
I am now growing into the business side of technological improvement and although sometimes I hate what I do, I learn something new very often and in the end I am making these small and big changes and get credits I used to get rarely. I feel proud even though some of the work is just project administration.