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At some point it dawns on you that unless you make some special effort, you're only gonna see your favorite movie or listen to your favorite album or eat your v
by yamtaddle 3y ago
At some point it dawns on you that unless you make some special effort, you're only gonna see your favorite movie or listen to your favorite album or eat your very favorite food or see such-and-such person or go to [place you really like] a disturbingly small count of times before you kick it.
- 52-6F-62 3y agoGood point. I listen to my favourite albums basically on repeat. I sometimes feel like I've grown closed-minded—but I like your perspective better. Gonna go with that.
- SeanAnderson 3y agohttp://www.paulgraham.com/vb.html http://www.paulgraham.com/vb.html Exceptionally relevant :)
- geodel 3y agoTrue. At least for me I will say that disturbingly small number is probably good enough for practical purposes. All favorite thing, people, food are just snapshots in memory and revisiting them in physical world did not feel as great as my mind imagined. I tried a few of those past favorite things and they were fine but nothing like best moments or some such. Same with people, neither they nor I am same person as before.
- asdff 3y agoThis is what is so depressing about going through different life stages too. You make friends most of the time because you happen to be around these people all day. Coworkers, schoolmates, neighbors, relatives, etc. Its tough to keep that up through your life when the reason for you all being at a place consistently disappears too. Even visits a few times a year feel pretty forced and packed in, when you consider how few hours will be spent conversing during that visit versus in past times when your lives overlapped.