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Re:Ask HN: How to optimize your career for happiness? by bckr on Monday December 20, 2021 @12:57AM (#29621930)
> is there any way you can live where you're free from the risk of terrible calamity?

No.

> and suddenly leave you grieving in a way you'd never be

And we should consider that when deciding to enter a relationship.

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Re:Ask HN: How to optimize your career for happiness? by emodendroket on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:50AM (#29622125)
The notion of a life lived without any relationships with other people seems too grim to contemplate.
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Re:Ask HN: How to optimize your career for happiness? by bckr on Monday December 20, 2021 @11:31AM (#29626706)
I find it helpful to contemplate just that. Helps me realize that I am in all of my relationships through choice and to appreciate them before their inevitable end.
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