Eh I once heard someone make a distinction that I like between 'what you enjoy' and 'what makes you happy'.

A somewhat boring example is it's unlikely you enjoy doing your university exams, however your state of happiness after completing your degree will be higher than if you had instead done something more enjoyable with your time (e.g. play video games).

There is a large middle ground between constantly pushing yourself and just doing what's fun.

Also, reaching a goal is great, but for many goals it's the process of getting there where the real personal growth comes from.

The times I look back on my life that bring me the most happiness are the times I pushed myself to my limits.

Floating is for boats.

I did that this weekend. It was also hard to kick back and relax when I wanted to work on my goals. That was very conflicting, but I'm starting to see the value of slowing down a little bit.

Sometimes what's really fulfilling in the long term isn't what's fun in short term. For example, practicing an instrument vs. playing a video game.

I'm the same, when I look at some of the comments here it sounds rather joyless.

Most people already do that.

If they did, mid-life crisis wouldn't be so common. I'd say many people have lofty yet rather undefined goals in life, which is why they crash hard when they realize they are far from achieving hem.

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So true!

Nothing of value is fun, easy, or simple.