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A comment on Hunter S. Thompson on Finding Your Purpose (1958). Parent comment

Re:Hunter S. Thompson on Finding Your Purpose (1958) by taneq on Monday August 29, 2016 @08:06PM (#12386424)
> [W]hen people talk about finding "happiness" they are actually talking about "winning at life". Which is impossible of course.

Winning at life is a process, not an event or a one-off result. It can be anything from really enjoying a hot chocolate while watching a sunrise, to nailing a product demo, to that first (or third) date with your crush.

Winning at life is not something you can be 'done with', except maybe by dwelling on and reliving past wins. But then isn't that a kind of winning, too?

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Re:Hunter S. Thompson on Finding Your Purpose (1958) by Fraterkes on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @04:27AM (#12388341)
I don't disagree with you that what you discribe sounds like a good way to live. But I meant that talking about 'winning at life' is problematic because it suggests there is a finish line. Which is wrong, because as you say, being happy is a process.
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