Re: What will make you happy?
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Here's some food for thought: I realize now that when I was under 25, I often confused having fun with happiness.
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I'd like you to expand on this, because while others are heralding this as a major insight...well...I just don't *get* this, because for me "having fun" = happiness. When I'm having a great time, I'd tell you that I'm very happy, whereas when I'm not having fun...well, that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm not happy, but it correlates pretty well. e.g. I might be on a long phone conversation with someone I don't particularly like, but if u asked me in the middle of it whether I was generally happy at that point in life, I'd still say yes (if I was).
I guess what I'm saying is that your quote above suggests that you see very little correlation between having fun and happiness, whereas for me, while it may not be a 1:1 correlation, they still feel highly correlated.
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