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You have assumed a strong association with things you've acquired or achieved with your source of satisfaction with life. You achieved the job and relationship
by neogodless 4y ago
You have assumed a strong association with things you've acquired or achieved with your source of satisfaction with life.
You achieved the job and relationships you want, and you expect that to "take care of" your happiness.
You'll have to unlearn this. It certainly doesn't hurt. In fact, it really sets you up to have all the resources you need to learn what really does satisfy you in life. You have the needs met, and the support group you care about, and that cares about you.
But there's always new projects to try, new skills to develop, new areas of knowledge to learn.
Try things, and see if they give you short-term joy and longer term satisfaction. See if there are activities you're happy to do over and over, so that you're not bound to the rewards of novelty. See if certain active hobbies require a long time to master, and if you enjoy that process.