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Some people enjoy the race. Seems like you are implying his time could've been better spent "doing kid stuff."
by jjaredsimpson 11y ago
Some people enjoy the race. Seems like you are implying his time could've been better spent "doing kid stuff."
- Retric 11y agoWrite a book, start a company or a band, volunteer, learn to meditate or Kung foo, do whatever. It's not a question of being a kid, it's a question of living your life as a neurosurgeon because you decided that sounded cool when you were 8, and never really rethinking it until you had a lot of debt. Sure, if this is what they really want then great. But, thinking this is a good path and they would be wasting there potential being a raft guide is terribly hollow. Getting out of high school at 15 is cool, starting collage is not a goal just a path to something else.
- Nimitz14 11y agoHe's not implying anything. He's saying it's wrong to assume that everybody should want the same thing. Is it that hard to understand?
- ruraljuror 11y agoI take your point, but would rephrase it slightly differently: everybody should want the same thing: happiness, but not everybody achieves happiness in the same way. To pick up on the racing comments from above, one should keep in mind Tal Ben-Shahar's warnings about the rat race happiness archetype, where one sacrifices in the present for perceived benefits in the future.