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Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill

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Re: Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill

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Post by gtirloni »

p1esk wrote: post #2

Pretty sure I’d be happier if I didn’t have to work for a living.

I really like to work and the area I've chosen. What makes it annoying is that I have to work on what upper management thinks is important at any given time. They want me to design a high level software architecture now but I want to code. Next week they want me to code but I want to design. It very rarely aligns. If ever. That annoys me and probably causes management a great deal of anxiety when I go off path. It feels so childish of me. I'm looking for soutions to hack this situation like the hedonic threadmill, in case anyone has suggestions.

Re: Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill

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Post by danielheath »

gtirloni wrote: post #4
p1esk wrote: post #2

Pretty sure I’d be happier if I didn’t have to work for a living.

I really like to work and the area I've chosen. What makes it annoying is that I have to work on what upper management thinks is important at any given time. They want me to design a high level software architecture now but I want to code. Next week they want me to code but I want to design. It very rarely aligns. If ever. That annoys me and probably causes management a great deal of anxiety when I go off path. It fe…

It sounds like you don't have the autonomy you think you should - which often comes from the responsibilities being misaligned (presumably management are responsible for some delivery dates which leads them to feel they should be telling you what to work on).

Re: Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill

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Post by ricardobayes »

gtirloni wrote: post #4
p1esk wrote: post #2

Pretty sure I’d be happier if I didn’t have to work for a living.

I really like to work and the area I've chosen. What makes it annoying is that I have to work on what upper management thinks is important at any given time. They want me to design a high level software architecture now but I want to code. Next week they want me to code but I want to design. It very rarely aligns. If ever. That annoys me and probably causes management a great deal of anxiety when I go off path. It fe…

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Re: Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill

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Post by Mikejames »

I like these hacks, it’s also a mindset that needs to be at the forefront of all of this, why not eudaemonia over hedonism? Ive been interested recently around eudaemonia, Whilst i’m familiar with some of its stoic principles im just barely scratching the surface,

this is just my take, but there’s noticeable patterns within literature in subjects such as minimalism, buddhism and stoicism. All pointing towards eudaemonia over hedonism. Sam Harris in his Waking Up Book / App covers this hedonic treadmill well too

we don’t embrace the impermanence of things

we’re programmed in the western world to be constantly chasing desire, these hacks build gratitude, which is a trait in eudaemonia,

thanks for sharing

Re: Hacking the Hedonic Treadmill

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Post by badpun »

mettamage wrote: post #7
p1esk wrote: post #2

Pretty sure I’d be happier if I didn’t have to work for a living.

I don't think I'd be much happier. I work 4 days per week. I need it in order to keep exercising my logical side, because I exercise it a lot less in my personal life.

Those Civ5/Civ6 custom maps won't beat themselves... IOW, there's plenty other activities that heavily involve logical side which are not paid coding work.
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