3. Simplistic but technically true: the fastest way to get everything you want is to first let go of all your wants. An empty todo list is instantly completed
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You can pick up painting simply because you want to, or felt like it, and stop for the same reason. It can be interesting to explore why, as a sort of narrative exercise with yourself, to find a voice you like, a story you like. But it’s all showbiz, it’s all made up
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I think it can be useful to sort of map out your own personal “wantspace”. It’s layered, isn’t it? Some things are passing phases, some are enduring. Reflection can reveal that multiple seemingly passing phases (photography, theater) have the same root (storytelling, maybe)
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I also think wants are very dynamic things. I don’t want to eat the same amount of food at every hour of the day, hunger ebbs and flows. It makes sense that my wants would go through such waves and cycles too. Whether this seems consistent or inconsistent depends on your frame
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So far I’ve been thinking out loud about all of this in isolation, for simplicity and convenience. Life is of course wonderfully unsimple and inconvenient: it’s a multiplayer game! Our wants affect each other, and can even be super contagious! Surprise!
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Here’s where personally I’ve found it really great to have a diverse group of friends with different personalities, interests, wants and so on. Other people’s wants and do-not-wants can be very clarifying, and it’s endlessly fascinating to learn about ourselves and each other
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Here’s some silly fun: should you want a more diverse group of friends just because I said it’s good to have?
maybe! Maybe not! It’s up to you, really. Developing faith in your own judgement can be a tedious process. Some prefer to defer to others, or avoid thinking about thisPrikaži ovu nit -
And don’t we all defer to others about a lot of things, whether consciously or otherwise? How could we not? Life is too big, too complex for any one person to figure everything out from scratch. We think our very thoughts with language we inherited. No escaping this
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Anyway, *slurps drink*
I think this stuff is pretty interesting. It’s like exploring a city. Sometimes it seems dull or repetitive, but sometimes you discover something fresh & exciting, that delights you and gets you reconsidering everything. I have a lot of fun doing this
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What do you think about for fun? I’d love to read it
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