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I feel like this is artificial happiness, to a certain degree. I feel like something for a reason. If I feel unhappy it's more of a benefit to me to figure out
by fao_ 10y ago
I feel like this is artificial happiness, to a certain degree. I feel like something for a reason. If I feel unhappy it's more of a benefit to me to figure out what's making me unhappy and do things to remedy that, rather than spending time on a hack so I can continue to do things I don't enjoy, for example. It's treating the symptoms of the problem but ignoring the problem.
I also think that with myself (and possibly others), that it would lead to the habit of "Rather than setting aside time to do things I enjoy, or stepping away to do things I enjoy, I'll just do this exercise to be able to continue working my life away".
- projektir 10y agoI don't know, there may be too many problems and sources of unhappiness in the world to take that approach depending on your perspective. I think this is actually one of the causes of some really bad biases (just world hypothesis) that people have: they tie their happiness to their projection of reality, and are then compelled to keep their projection of reality to be very positive to stay happy.
- sliverstorm 10y agoI'd wager it's impossible to eliminate all sources of unhappiness in your life, at least without eliminating all the sources of happiness too. E.g., even the best family & friends periodically cause some stress & unhappiness. But excommunicating everyone doesn't make you better off.