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Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Post by cuu508 »

turzmo wrote: post #55
stackghost wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As with many things, it's easier to stay healthy if you are wealthy. You can buy personal training services, workout gear, a home in traffic-calmed neighborhoods where you aren't jogging or cycling along rural highways, a pool, etc. You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables instead of highly-processed food. If you're American you can buy imported or certified organic meat instead of the hormone-filled shit on the shelve…

Personal training services? Workout gear? Not sure you should have lead with that, these are expensive things with minimal impact.

If you are wealthy, it does not matter if they are expensive. If they have any impact, why not?

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Post by DenisM »

me_smith wrote: post #50
smokel wrote: post #34

Time seems to be one of the most valuable luxuries. AFAIK it is not entirely clear why time seems to pass faster when one grows older. One argument is that the older brain does not form memories as intricate as in the younger brain. Has anyone experimented with actively making more complex memories to make time pass slower? Seems like the best approach to living longer, at least in experience.

I’m trying to fight it by journaling more and trying to remember more of the details that make each day special (good or bad). Even the small things. Whether that is something I did with my son, or something I did slightly different for a routine task.

Does it work? Journaling is a major commitment, I hope it pays for itself.

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Post by zkmon »

Time, quiet mind, slow mornings, rest without guilt, calm and boring days - are all the same thing - escape from being busy. This assumes being busy is common, which is actually not that common for an age of 60+.

The real luxury, for any age, in general, is in not having dependencies and needs. The need to impress someone, the need to know every ugly news from around globe, the need to read everything and be knowledgeable, need to stay connected, need to be smart, the need to travel and see places, need to taste foods from around the world, need to have many friends, need to be loved by someone, and need to have more money and things.

Those are dependencies that make you weak. Lack of those means you won't be happy. Luxury is being happy without having any of those.

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Post by etothepii »

blfr wrote: post #35

Slow mornings and rest without guilt are very apt and specific but time and health are just general wishes. I would add work with meaning and flow. Also life with few... snags, all the issues that are small but extremely bothersome (knocking sound in a car, that one window that doesn't close fully, etc).

Why "work with meaning" rather than purpose or meaning on its own? Do you see meaning as conflicting with slow mornings and rest without guilt?

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Post by nutjob2 »

Multiplayer wrote: post #5

Time with my young adult children. They are all out of the house, recently, and there is nothing, and I mean NOTHING more valuable/meaningful to us than when they come home for a visit or we spend time out in the world. It's incredible.

I never enjoyed spending time with my late parents. I only did so out of a sense of obligation. I have no children and have never really given that choice a second thought.

Its interesting that people value their relationship with their children so much and I assume its due to a deep sense of connection with them, they being "flesh and blood" but I've never given that any weight. I feel much more connected to people who have had similar life experiences and ideas to myself, and that could be anyone. I have quite a few relatives who I've never met or met once and do not see because they are nothing like me.

I suspect this is mostly due to being pretty far out on the pointy bits of various bell curves.

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Post by DenisM »

In very broad strokes, it seems that Europeans on the average have much more of these things than Americans.

Are they noticeable happier?

Would be nice to hear from someone who lived both sides of the pond for a long while.

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Post by stackghost »

mmaunder wrote: post #39
stackghost wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As with many things, it's easier to stay healthy if you are wealthy. You can buy personal training services, workout gear, a home in traffic-calmed neighborhoods where you aren't jogging or cycling along rural highways, a pool, etc. You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables instead of highly-processed food. If you're American you can buy imported or certified organic meat instead of the hormone-filled shit on the shelve…

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