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Exactly, very good question. Why not just do pushups, walk the stairs or just go running, cook for yourself and your friends, know yourself instead of paying f

by chewz 8y ago

Exactly, very good question. Why not just do pushups, walk the stairs or just go running, cook for yourself and your friends, know yourself instead of paying for therapy. Even doing taxes yourself isn't such a burden.

iovrthoughtthis 8y ago
I feel like your human experience may be significantly different from many other human experience. Glad you can just decide to do those things, do them and stick to doing them! Well done.
yoz-y 8y ago
It's really not that hard to find out at least one reason for each of these. Because just doing pushups is not enough and even those can de done badly. Because cooking yourself is a completely different experience from going out to eat, part of the experience is precisely _not having to cook and clean_. Because some people can't help themselves and could end up in really bad places, because for some people spending time doing taxes could be very well used otherwise...
- chewz 8y ago
  I advise everyone reading Die Kunst des stilvollen Verarmens. Wie man ohne Geld reich wird [The Art of Growing Poor Stylishly] by Alexander von Schönburg. This is a book about why you do not really need all this stuff that commercial capitalism is trying to sell to you. It has inspired me years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander,_Count_of_Sch%C3%B6nburg-Glauchau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander,_Count_of_Sch%C3%B6n... https://www.rowohlt.de/fm/592/sample%20translationSchoenburg.pdf https://www.rowohlt.de/fm/592/sample%20translationSchoenburg... https://www.amazon.de/Die-Kunst-stilvollen-Verarmens-reich/dp/3871345202 https://www.amazon.de/Die-Kunst-stilvollen-Verarmens-reich/d...
  - mojuba 8y ago
    Skimmed through the sample translation and to my surprize not everything said there was as obvious as I was expecting it to be. Thanks!
  - ramchip 8y ago
    The samples are hilarious and thought-provoking. I’ll have to brush up my German to read this. Thanks for the recommendation!
bananatiger 8y ago
Except most people don't, wont, or can't. I got myself fit as I was able to plan for a healthier lifestyle and see it through. Not all folks can. I wasn't able to get myself mentally healthy however, and without paying for mental health support I would never have had the mental stability to get myself physically healthy. If you find life easy, good for you, but assuming everyone skips through life as easily as you is arrogant at best. Headspace is great. Is it as good as heading to a monastery and studying for years? No. Could you get the same experience without guidance? Sure, but most people haven't got the will power to stick to it. That's not a weakness. That's just human.
hug 8y ago
If you honestly can’t think of why anyone would do any of those things, you lead an incredibly blessed life.
interfixus 8y ago
Spot on, and I would have written that comment if you hadn't beat me to it. Once or twice a year I find myself in a restaurant setting, often reluctantly. The other three? Never.

by chewz 8y ago

iovrthoughtthis 8y ago

I feel like your human experience may be significantly different from many other human experience. Glad you can just decide to do those things, do them and stick to doing them! Well done.

yoz-y 8y ago

It's really not that hard to find out at least one reason for each of these. Because just doing pushups is not enough and even those can de done badly. Because cooking yourself is a completely different experience from going out to eat, part of the experience is precisely _not having to cook and clean_. Because some people can't help themselves and could end up in really bad places, because for some people spending time doing taxes could be very well used otherwise...

chewz 8y ago
I advise everyone reading Die Kunst des stilvollen Verarmens. Wie man ohne Geld reich wird [The Art of Growing Poor Stylishly] by Alexander von Schönburg. This is a book about why you do not really need all this stuff that commercial capitalism is trying to sell to you. It has inspired me years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander,_Count_of_Sch%C3%B6nburg-Glauchau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander,_Count_of_Sch%C3%B6n... https://www.rowohlt.de/fm/592/sample%20translationSchoenburg.pdf https://www.rowohlt.de/fm/592/sample%20translationSchoenburg... https://www.amazon.de/Die-Kunst-stilvollen-Verarmens-reich/dp/3871345202 https://www.amazon.de/Die-Kunst-stilvollen-Verarmens-reich/d...
- mojuba 8y ago
  Skimmed through the sample translation and to my surprize not everything said there was as obvious as I was expecting it to be. Thanks!
- ramchip 8y ago
  The samples are hilarious and thought-provoking. I’ll have to brush up my German to read this. Thanks for the recommendation!

bananatiger 8y ago

Except most people don't, wont, or can't. I got myself fit as I was able to plan for a healthier lifestyle and see it through. Not all folks can. I wasn't able to get myself mentally healthy however, and without paying for mental health support I would never have had the mental stability to get myself physically healthy. If you find life easy, good for you, but assuming everyone skips through life as easily as you is arrogant at best. Headspace is great. Is it as good as heading to a monastery and studying for years? No. Could you get the same experience without guidance? Sure, but most people haven't got the will power to stick to it. That's not a weakness. That's just human.

hug 8y ago

If you honestly can’t think of why anyone would do any of those things, you lead an incredibly blessed life.

interfixus 8y ago

Spot on, and I would have written that comment if you hadn't beat me to it. Once or twice a year I find myself in a restaurant setting, often reluctantly. The other three? Never.