Allignment is the goal. To narrow the gap between what we want to be and what we actually are. You can’t do this without knowing what you want in the first place. So, forgetting about societal expectations, and pressures from family and friends... What the hell do you want?
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Replying to @cosimia_
To live life in a way that balances both mundane meanings and eternal meanings
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Replying to @cosimia_
Haha I wasn’t happy with how I articulated it myself! Not an easy question to satisfyingly answer
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Replying to @BrianTHeligman
It’s not my framing but something like enjoyable usefulness seems like the end goal
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“Enjoyable usefulness” I really like that actually. I tend to focus too much on the future so I forget to enjoy the present and take time for ‘play’. There’s no point in being useful to the lives of others if you weren’t able to enjoy your own!
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Replying to @cosimia_
I’ve been stuck thinking about it in an abstract way since I found this quote. Was super happy to find
@Meaningness, who really engages with the idea and tries to build a framework around it. Enjoyable usefulness is his phrasepic.twitter.com/SPj0T1hNRZ
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Fantastic! Thanks for introducing me to this. Nails some thoughts I’ve been having right on the head
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