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Abandoning your family does generally not sound like a recipe for happiness to me, given a somewhat healthy relationship. If you think doing hard things is goo
by jstummbillig 1y ago
Abandoning your family does generally not sound like a recipe for happiness to me, given a somewhat healthy relationship.
If you think doing hard things is good and fulfilling, maybe that's what is happiness to you.
- bko 1y agoHappiness does not mean good and fulfilling. Having a family is hard. For instance, people with children are consistently less "happy" than their childless peers, yet many choose to have children knowing that. If you optimize for happiness you may be optimizing for selfish empty shallow existence. I'm sure you can take a drug to make you "happy" but that seems foolish.
- aylmao 1y ago> Happiness does not mean good and fulfilling. it does
- bko 1y agoHappiness in it of itself is not good. An addict might be "happy" in the throws of his addiction. It's not "good" And it's certainly not fulfilling. It's typically surface level feeling of satisfaction. Were happy playing mindless videogames But I guess everyone is entitled to their own definition
- buttercraft 1y agoYeah, I also think you're mixing up pleasure and happiness.