I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world, and, a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. — EB White
The quote appears in a number of slightly different phrasings, and I have no convenient way to check on which one is correct.
I have been attempting to free myself of almost any goal that I can, on the basis that far too many have turned out to be intermediate goals I wanted for some other reason, such as to appease someone else.
The idea is to work out what I actually want, not just what I or someone else thinks I should want. Make life more of an adventure and less of an obligation.
At present I’m actually attaining the blissful state of boredom on occasions, when in a position to actually appreciate what a wonderful problem that is to have.
This frees me up for the things that actually seem to be compellingly important to me (mostly, raising my daughter and improving and enjoying my relationship with my girlfriend), with the occasional hobby dabbling (making music no-one has any reason to care about) and basic mental and physical maintenance (eat properly, exercise, go out and meet up with other people about once a week).
I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone, but it’s working for me.
I try to be more ambitious than lazy. But I’m fine with lazing around on days that I don’t feel like I can do anything.
I figure that I’m more likely to regret being lazy than being ambitious. Its probably easier to get lots of utility, then be lazy than to be lazy and somehow amass a lot of utility.
I’d like a positive singularity to occur in my lifetime, or for medicine to advance to the point that I get to live that long. I think I might be able to do some stuff to make that more likely, but in the meantime I’m trying to figure out how to do that, and build skills so that when I know how to, I’ll be able to carry it out.
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The quote appears in a number of slightly different phrasings, and I have no convenient way to check on which one is correct.
.
I have been attempting to free myself of almost any goal that I can, on the basis that far too many have turned out to be intermediate goals I wanted for some other reason, such as to appease someone else.
The idea is to work out what I actually want, not just what I or someone else thinks I should want. Make life more of an adventure and less of an obligation.
At present I’m actually attaining the blissful state of boredom on occasions, when in a position to actually appreciate what a wonderful problem that is to have.
This frees me up for the things that actually seem to be compellingly important to me (mostly, raising my daughter and improving and enjoying my relationship with my girlfriend), with the occasional hobby dabbling (making music no-one has any reason to care about) and basic mental and physical maintenance (eat properly, exercise, go out and meet up with other people about once a week).
I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone, but it’s working for me.
.
I try to be more ambitious than lazy. But I’m fine with lazing around on days that I don’t feel like I can do anything.
I figure that I’m more likely to regret being lazy than being ambitious. Its probably easier to get lots of utility, then be lazy than to be lazy and somehow amass a lot of utility.
I’d like a positive singularity to occur in my lifetime, or for medicine to advance to the point that I get to live that long. I think I might be able to do some stuff to make that more likely, but in the meantime I’m trying to figure out how to do that, and build skills so that when I know how to, I’ll be able to carry it out.