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Ask HN: What are we even chasing?

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Ask HN: What are we even chasing?

#1
Our entire lives get spent pursuing outcomes.

We keep grinding, hoping we'll achieve X and then we'll be content forever, only to find merely emptiness on the other side.

The new shiny badge of honor barely takes days to get normalized and the void kicks in again.

What exactly are we going after? Is there even an end to this?

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#2
For me, it’s for the love of the game. I like being productive and being challenged more than I like being indolent.

I imagine pro athletes might feel the same way. You have to enjoy playing the game for its own sake. The joy of a championship only lasts a few days.

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#4
Hello,

Enlightened ascendant being here, I have some perspective for you …

In the beginning, there is the discovery of meanings, then the self while at the same time the self relationships with everyone and everything else …

And then, for those aspiring or just damn lucky, a glimmering ray of light penetrates the monotonous gloom.

A meaning beyond self worthy of devotion.

This may rise or fall, be ever lasting or a series of elevated epiphanies, However without question the ultimate fulfillment of existential being is …

TO GO BEYOND SELF

TO BE MORE THAN THE SELF

To make consequences of your life out to be more than the sum of consumptive waste keeping you alive.

This is the ultimate human endeavor.

Btw, your self excellence comes by decades of determination, not a few years here and there.

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#9
I view my work life to be a sandbox game. Like Minecraft, you can build w/e and be whoever. In the end it doesn’t really matter.

In my personal life, I do the things I enjoy. Try not to suppress desires, instead be open to the world and let life happen.

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