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> Activities will gradually lose their luster as you age, if you are focused on what you get from them. Doing things for other is also activities, and you also
by makeitdouble 4y ago
> Activities will gradually lose their luster as you age, if you are focused on what you get from them.
Doing things for other is also activities, and you also seem to be focused on what you get (sympathetic joy) from that.
You are right in that doing the same things for literally decades can get boring. Rethinking your life and trying different things is part of aging (including focusing on yourself, if what you did all your life was to do stuff for others)
- l33t2328 4y agoI’ve always thought that there seemed to be a meta-selfishness to that sort of thinking. It doesn’t bother me at all, unless the person tries to also say that selfishness and selfish motivations are to be avoided.