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It's absolutely important to your well-being and happyness to understand when something is enough and to be at ease with what you have. Hedonistic tendancies t
by doc_holliday 10y ago
It's absolutely important to your well-being and happyness to understand when something is enough and to be at ease with what you have.
Hedonistic tendancies teaches you to want more and more, you never appreciate what you have because once you have got it you want the next thing. It becomes a zero sum game and you've probably just sacrificed a whole heap of your precious time and health to achieve it.
Many people fall trap to trying to beat others in what they have / what they do.
They see their friend has a bigger house, they want a bigger house.
They see their friend had a big weddding, they want a bigger wedding.
They see their friend earns X a year, they want to earn X + Y a year.
Remember, there are 7 billion people on the planet, you will probably not be the richest ever, so learn to be happy with what you have.
This is not to say do not strive for improvement, just allow yourself to be happy.
- treehau5 10y agoTravel to a country where the average monthly salary is what equates to a few US dollars to do some charity/mission/volunteer work. Problem solved, at least for people who have a heart, which is most thankfully. We need to actively seek to humble ourselves. Now what I gave is an extreme example that only few have the heart or time/money to do, but the lesson is the same -- help those out who are less fortunate than you (other than sending money). It really puts things into perspective.