A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness

Re:A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness by jerf on Thursday February 02, 2012 @05:52PM (#3544893)

Not spend the next 34% of your life working on something you don't love, for one. Even in our current technological state, a life of toil on things you don't love is the default state of a human being.

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Re:A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness by techiferous on Thursday February 02, 2012 @06:23PM (#3545026)

Or you could learn how to love the things you are already working on. That option is easily overlooked.

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Re:A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness by SoftwareMaven on Thursday February 02, 2012 @09:02PM (#3545397)

I wish I could up vote this more. Our society trains us from birth to constantly be wanting at the expense of ever being satisfied. It is possible to be very satisfied with what the rest of the western world would say is a "crappy life". And then life can only get better.

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Re:A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness by hrktb on Thursday February 02, 2012 @07:05PM (#3545165)

True, though that option is also a lot easier with a bunch FU money as a back up.

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