I would check out Cal Newport's recent "Deep Life" philosophy / manifesto that he's been blogging & podcasting about. - https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/04

I would check out Cal Newport's recent "Deep Life" philosophy / manifesto that he's been blogging & podcasting about. - https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/04/20/cultivating-a-deep-life/ https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/04/20/cultivating-a-dee... - https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/03/17/the-deep-life-some-notes/ https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/03/17/the-deep-life-som... He talks about building a life of your own choosing around the things that matter in some key buckets: - Craft: usually your day job - Community: volunteering, religion, family, whatever it is for you - Constitution: mental, physical health - Contemplation: matters of the soul (reading philosophy, following a religion if that's relevant, reflecting, etc) Also as many people have pointed out, the hedonic treadmill is real! There's nothing wrong with wanting to grow 1% in the core aspects of your life for the rest of your life. That seems like a life well lived to be honest! But if you can wake up every day, look at your deep life playbook that you defined, internalize your own definitions of the 4 C's and then abide by those definitions ... then you can end each day knowing that you're living a "deep life" and hopefully gain some internal silence and gratitude! Of course this is easier said than done :]