Happiness is Contentment

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Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. If our happiness depends on "when I'll have x I'll be happy", we will never be happy because we either won't achieve it, or by the time we'll do we will have a different goal Future disillusionment.

And even if we could achieve all those things, we are often poor judges about what makes us happy. We can even lack the sufficient Self-awareness to even know that we are currently happy. We also have to remember that due to Hedonic Treadmill, happiness is not about having more, because we will fall back to the same level of happiness.

Happiness is about mindfulness, about Gratitude, to enjoy what we currently have, to appreciate the good in our lives. It's not about trying to fulfill our endless desires, nor is it trying to do it all.

Happiness will be easier to achieve when we would use things less for their Instrumental value, and focus more on their Intrinsic value.

It is to live in Moderation and Minimalism, to see that the less we need, the happier we can be. A Billionaire that focuses only on getting more money is not rich, while the working class family that enjoys spending time together is. It is about setting realistic and minimalistic Expectations, to set the bar lower so that relatively we would enjoy more what we get, instead of expecting for the "best" and being disappointed when we only have "great"

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🔼Topic:: Wellbeing (MOC) Source:: History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps Source:: Aristotle Link:: https://share.snipd.com/episode/575595c0-a956-4d95-b61b-14685aa73745