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I tend to believe the statement -- I don't know about the "happiness" aspect per se but regarding doing all those things you told yourself you'd do, yeah for su

I tend to believe the statement -- I don't know about the "happiness" aspect per se but regarding doing all those things you told yourself you'd do, yeah for sure. During COVID lockdown I saw hundreds of instances of a meme something along the lines of: "I used to think I just didn't have the time for all the things I wanted to accomplish; lockdown proved that isn't true!" Not exactly scientific, but I can relate to that.

awb 5y ago
I read some interesting advice somewhere that said: "Sit still until you're compelled to move." I think the idea is that a lot of our wants / desires are urges that come and go, but our dreams and needs are deeper than that and we have to let those urges pass before we can find out what our true desires are.
- aidenn0 5y ago
  I've tried that. Things that compel me to move: Food, water, bathroom, pain. Perhaps I lack dreams.
  - awb 5y ago
    I think they’d say, “Keep sitting”
    - aidenn0 5y ago
      It's been a while since I had the luxury of sitting, but when I did, I confirmed that "days" was insufficiently long.
anyfoo 5y ago
And I cannot relate. This is not to say that I don't believe you, just to say that the opposite experience does exist. Some of my hobbies are pretty involved and basically require studying (signal processing etc.), and during the COVID lockdown I was able to spend much, much more time on not just those, but everything else as well. I think I will be fine once I retire sometime.