Matrix88
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Different people get to be happy in many different ways, but what does being "happy" even mean?.
You are happy when you are eating something, when you are listening to music, playing videogames or sports, etc. But that is instant gratification, quick happiness, its not deep, but that doesn't mean its bad. It's actually necessary, because what matters is what makes you feel good, but you should consider both short and long term.
My point is, you could do the bare minimum and cope with all those things I mentioned, get a girl that's close to a looksmatch to you and be "happy". But at the end of the day you know you are doing the least you can, you know you COULD be in a better position and yet you decide not to and choose to be happy living like that.
If you can live happy conforming with that, are you having real happiness or is it just a facade?
I'm at a point in my life where I don't know what would make me happy. I could wageslave for years while I'm at University to get a few surgeries, which isn't bad as a concept maybe, but if you are dedicating your life to something like that, can you be even happy?
The thing is, if I don't do that I WILL think sometimes about the different path I could've taken, even if I feel like I'm "happy". Because how can I know which happiness is more valuable, the one where I kind of settle with my state, or the one where I have to stop living like others to get more things done.
This is something I've been thinking lately, it's really weird. I think the thoughts you have when you are sad are the real ones, no copes.
TLDR: Can you be happy if you know you could be in a better position by dedicating your life to it? Or at one point you should accept your state and live with it.
You are happy when you are eating something, when you are listening to music, playing videogames or sports, etc. But that is instant gratification, quick happiness, its not deep, but that doesn't mean its bad. It's actually necessary, because what matters is what makes you feel good, but you should consider both short and long term.
My point is, you could do the bare minimum and cope with all those things I mentioned, get a girl that's close to a looksmatch to you and be "happy". But at the end of the day you know you are doing the least you can, you know you COULD be in a better position and yet you decide not to and choose to be happy living like that.
If you can live happy conforming with that, are you having real happiness or is it just a facade?
I'm at a point in my life where I don't know what would make me happy. I could wageslave for years while I'm at University to get a few surgeries, which isn't bad as a concept maybe, but if you are dedicating your life to something like that, can you be even happy?
The thing is, if I don't do that I WILL think sometimes about the different path I could've taken, even if I feel like I'm "happy". Because how can I know which happiness is more valuable, the one where I kind of settle with my state, or the one where I have to stop living like others to get more things done.
This is something I've been thinking lately, it's really weird. I think the thoughts you have when you are sad are the real ones, no copes.
TLDR: Can you be happy if you know you could be in a better position by dedicating your life to it? Or at one point you should accept your state and live with it.
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