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The Real Luxuries In Life

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Post by xyzelement »

CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #152

Grandchildren. I have five, and they are amazing. Youngest is 9 months. We have an old car goiong to the scrapyard in a couple of weeks, and today I sat in the passenger seat of it as my 13 yr old grandaughter drove it around one of our fields getting more and more confident as I encouraged her to stop, put it in reverse, and drive in the opposite direction. From "this is too difficult" to "I want to be a rally drive…

Exactly. Amazing. My 6 year old kido started to paddleboard this summer and just today took our tandem kayak out by himself into the bay and handled it well despite the wind and waves.

Would be hard to imagine a better feeling than watching him grow into a capable young dude.

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Post by hintymad »

All luxuries indeed. Are they enough, though? Particularly, don't many books talk about how important it is to have productive hobbies or output-oriented hobbies? The underlying thesis is that one would quickly get bored and start seeking the meaning of life if he does not output something consistently. I was wondering if being able to find such hobby and being able to afford it is also a luxury.

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Post by hbarka »

criddell wrote: post #171
hbarka wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just give me a place with safe dense public transportation, walkable places to eat, and nature to relax.

Just give me some land outside of the city, where I can’t really see or hear my neighbors, where I have enough space for an enormous garden, lots of native plants for the butterflies and bees, and a giant workshop. Starry skies at night shared with my wife and a dog or two. And since I have the space, maybe a sauna and cold plunge would be nice. You know, stretch goals.

I did this for a few years but it got lonely. Now I draw energy from being around people, and walking to do things has lowered my blood pressure and weight. Subways and regional trains also allow me to live a larger radius.

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Post by roykent »

CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #152

Grandchildren. I have five, and they are amazing. Youngest is 9 months. We have an old car goiong to the scrapyard in a couple of weeks, and today I sat in the passenger seat of it as my 13 yr old grandaughter drove it around one of our fields getting more and more confident as I encouraged her to stop, put it in reverse, and drive in the opposite direction. From "this is too difficult" to "I want to be a rally drive…

This is going to be a core memory that she will hold on to forever

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Post by skulk »

ryan_n wrote: post #154
SA9G wrote: post #111

Health is obviously first, you have nothing without it. But real joy is wanting to do something, something that is important to you, and being able to. Without desire there is no joy... just a slow countdown.

Kinda depressing cus that thing used to be coding (or mastery of), which seems to be dying/being replaced by gen ai.

you can still do it, but it may not be your ticket into a secure (upper?)middle class existence like it used to be.

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Post by esseph »

brazukadev wrote: post #207
esseph wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is wrong with you?

what's wrong with my question? Weren't bad people amazing 9 months old grandchildren?

You're talking about a CHILD, the posters grandchild, and some of the joys of life.

And your response is "Well what if they become Hitler?"

Are you serious?

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Post by aryehof »

On reading the title, the first thing that came to mind was “a good book”.

Albeit, that I view many of the things in the list as “ideals” or “values”, rather than “luxuries”. The greatest thing one can aspire to in terms of an ideal, is to have “peace of mind” in my opinion.

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