Is it better to --- (1) experience intense enthusiasm/euphoria but it also means you feel very deep despair/heartache at times, or (2) would you rather have less boundless joy but also much less sadness in your life?
(1) is the only possible answer for a certain sort of human heart, but the downswings are NO JOKE. Meditate, read the Stoics, find a real blood-brother-level crew, whatever, but you've got to have *something* so you don't get knocked out for too long between peaks
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Does reading the Stoics help? If so I need to get on that. Just never sang to me.
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I've found them useful, although contemporary takes (e.g. A Guide to the Good Life) are IMO a much more enjoyable intro. My main takeaway is an intuitive understanding of/comfort with the idea that many low points lie ahead, and that resources will be unavoidably lost & reaccrued
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+1 I can vouch because I made the same folly. The peaks are awesome but you got to have small wins too along the way and a clear top. Things get messy, shit stops mattering. The worst list the seed of doubt that grows bigger everyday
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My super highs are not always joyful, often just very active. And then I have big lows which are often not sad just static. My challenge has been having personal relationships endure the rollercoaster - for which I, like other people like me, chose a fittingly adventurous life.
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My life is the definition of option 1. Learning to manage that is my arc.
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Life is about acceleration, not velocity.
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