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Is contentedness learnable? Google turn up 90% Christian stuff, 10% other stuff like zen, minimalism etc. Nothing actually good. Didn’t find any studies of it as an innate or learnable trait. Asking for a friend (really... I’m pretty content myself but no clue how to teach it)
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[alan watts impersonation] heh heh heh, it is certainly learnable, but you will only truly learn it when you let go of the need to learn it. the need to be contented is a form of neediness, you see. and where did that come from?
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heehee earnestly, i do think it's the truth tho, having gone thru bouts of depression about being discontent etc. i think the missing thing is humor. you gotta see the paradox, then you gotta laugh, then the laughter shakes off the anxiety and it's alright that's my exp anyway
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