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This is how so many of us became remedial weirdos. I think we can catch up, but right now there are few social/cultural/physical spaces for it. And the very hard work of embracing the initial fear is something each person has to choose for themselves first https://mobile.twitter.com/ed_pointsman/status/1151469786670477314 …

It can take a very long time to figure out that life is NOT "boring and futile," but it's certainly possible for *a* life to be. The additional energy required to achieve escape velocity is variable, but all sorts of people have done it, and some are very close at this moment

What I'm *not* saying is that every single thing a person does can be the direct cause for a new moment of Perfect Uncomplicated Bliss. But the many rote things we do to make life work do feel very different when doing them in service of a chosen & fully enjoyed life of the mind

AFAICT it requires a practiced intuition to figure out which rote things need doing & which we do out of habit for purposes that don't make much sense. But the better the intuition gets, the more enjoyable these things get. Most tasks aren't "objectively" unenjoyable

The idea that life is divided into fun thing (earned, relatively rare, & expensive) and not-fun things (done in exchange, common, & necessary) is the mindset of an alcoholic culture. We accrue torture tokens & soothe ourselves w/ what we can buy with them. We have to reject this

This applies to exercise, for example. People subject themselves to the most miserable exercise regimens imaginable because they figure the more they suffer, the better it will work. Far better to get moderate, consistent exercise than a bootcamp.

this seems like the opposite of what is being said? IE: gruelling exercise done properly pays big dividends in shorter time and in the end is highly enjoyable whereas moderate consistency returns moderate gains over a longer term, but both require lifestyle changes.