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> These do bring a certain happiness, but it's temporary, usually brief, and looking back it tends to sound silly and pointless This is something that bugs me.

> These do bring a certain happiness, but it's temporary, usually brief, and looking back it tends to sound silly and pointless This is something that bugs me. I still enjoy coding and making but I know that I'd eventually be leaving what I'm currently working on or selling them. It happened and it will happen again. what is "long term satisfaction" and how to find it?

genezeta 2y ago
> what is "long term satisfaction" and how to find it? The problem with that question is that it usually requires time travelling ;) You need to first experience things and then look back and see if they felt fulfilling or satisfactory to know for sure. There's an approximation you can have. You can now look back at you currently accumulated history of various things you have tried already. Find ones which you remember liking (like as in being satisfactory) then and still like now. Try to sketch patterns out of those experiences. (You can do the same with stuff you don't like, obviously) From that, extrapolate and "guesstimate" what activities you find meaningful and fulfilling. Try pursuing those and seeing how it goes. Rinse and repeat in a few years and correct your assumptions.