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Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by is74 »

munin wrote: post #54
drblast wrote: post #39

Personally I've decided that life is absolutely meaningless, and I've found that to be incredibly liberating. It's helped me to not put so much pressure on myself to achieve (achieve what?) and live more in the present. It's a shame that people who don't find meaning in their life tend to take the opposite tack toward depression. Or others gravitate toward followership to anyone who will tell them how to live. If I c…

> Personally I've decided that life is absolutely meaningless but then! > I wouldn't risk your life or hurt yourself to figure this out why not? life IS meaningless after all, unless you're trying to imply that there is something more important than life...?

Although life is meaningless, every person fears death and can enjoy their meaningless life.

Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by reinhardt »

drblast wrote: post #39

Personally I've decided that life is absolutely meaningless, and I've found that to be incredibly liberating. It's helped me to not put so much pressure on myself to achieve (achieve what?) and live more in the present. It's a shame that people who don't find meaning in their life tend to take the opposite tack toward depression. Or others gravitate toward followership to anyone who will tell them how to live. If I c…

I'm with you for the meaningless part, the problem is the " live more in the present". It's as boring, empty and meaningless as everything else.

Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by Roelven »

1) If you're at a point in your life where you can afford it; go crazy. Work your ass off and climb whatever ladder you can climb. Live to the full stretch, travel, party hard but work harder. Don't care about money until you're 30. You will gather experiences that will make you a richer, better person as an investment in the rest of your life.

2) If you have relationships you value, people around you that you love, a future you want to build; do it. Show them your affection, build that better home or that better future.

Both will make you happy.

Some comments were already saying what the point is on saving money when you get some terminal disease and slowly pass away sitting on a pile of cash. Being sick at home for over 3 months makes you contemplate a lot about your current status quo and question the life matter a lot. Why am I stuck here? Why now? What have I done so far that made me crash like this, etc.

A friend made me a striking comment: "I'd be interested in how much momentum your mind gained in this forced downtime." And that's where this is good for in my case: I slowly gain inspiration and frustration about my life, charging a battery which will be set loose once I recover.

Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by jquery »

eckyptang wrote: post #37
jquery wrote: post #34

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You're right, fun is cheap. So why spend my fortune when I could retire early instead? To live each day like its your last is to fear living. I will live my life assuming I live to a ripe old age, and will never fear to live another day. The freedom this has brought me and the peace of mind is something no amount of hedonism could replace. To assume a healthy savings means I must be a miser is unwarranted. Most who a…

I will add to my point above that the people in question died in the range of 32-44 years old. What retirement?

What about it? Should I also stuff my face with food every chance I get, because why stay thin if I'm just going to die soon anyway?

Balance, my friend.

Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by papaver »

greggman wrote: post #55

I'm going to post this because I genuinely hope to get some feedback .... I absolutely hate the saying "you only regret the things you didn't do when you die not the things you did". Really? I suspect some aids victims regret things they did. I'm guessing meth addicts also regret somethings they did. I don't see how this cliche helps you decide what to do and what to avoid. For a less dramatic example my father recom…

i try to live by the motto 'no regrets.'

instead of wishing you weren't a meth head, use the experience to your advantage. help other meth heads get clean, since you can relate with them more than someone who has never been there.

wishing you didn't do something rarely helps.

life shouldn't be measured by success or failure. life just is. if you ever get a chance read siddhartha by herman hesse, a brilliant story of self-discovery.

Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by paulsutter »

Live your life in phases. Work hard when you're working. Take solid blocks of time off when you can. Make each startup you try in a different industry.

Think back on a vacation you took a few years ago. Now try to remember other weeks that year. It's variety that builds memories and leads to creativity.

The more your life is a big homogenous block, the less you will have to look back on. "The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime".

Create some memories, but create them with people. Memories you can share are so much richer than memories alone. This is one important reason to preserve relationships.

Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by ollysb »

drblast wrote: post #39

Personally I've decided that life is absolutely meaningless, and I've found that to be incredibly liberating. It's helped me to not put so much pressure on myself to achieve (achieve what?) and live more in the present. It's a shame that people who don't find meaning in their life tend to take the opposite tack toward depression. Or others gravitate toward followership to anyone who will tell them how to live. If I c…

>> There will be a thousand things that in the back of your mind you always have thought you'd have time to do, but then you turn 30 and start to realize that you probably won't.

Absolutely! Start doing those things, pack them in. And when you're done with those, find some more and do those. This is the difference between living and waiting.

Re: How do you live your life?

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Post by GuyCall »

agilord wrote: post #58
AznHisoka wrote: post #47

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I feel the same way. Every single time I place a ton of importance on something, whether it's a relationship, or a project/career, it always comes back to bite me when I realize I can't have it all, and don't have 100% control of circumstances in my life. To me, living life and always wondering whether I'm making the most of it every step along the way takes the fun out of it. Of course some introspection is good, of…

http://zenpencils.com/comic/80-henry-david-thoreau-on-happin...

Great site. I had not seen that before
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