Do you wonder whether you've "achieved" enough in life?
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Do you wonder whether you've "achieved" enough in life?
Most persons will say, “Oh, I am too busy with my business to think about the art of living. We all know about that. Someday we will come to it, but what we are interested in right now is money.” But what purpose would money serve if one succeeds in making millions at the cost of a complete
Paramahansa Yogananda • Journey to Self-Realization: Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life – Volume 3
Maybe it’s not the achieving stuff that makes us happy, but rather the act of chasing after achievements. Most people need to feel that they are contributing to society. At least for me, when I try to picture my ideal days, it doesn’t matter if I’ve accomplished anything in the past. But my visions always involve working towards some kind of goal i... See more
dynomight • Nobody optimizes happiness
It begins to feel as though you’re failing at life, in some indistinct way, if you’re not treating your time off as an investment in your future. Sometimes this pressure takes the form of the explicit argument that you ought to think of your leisure hours as an opportunity to become a better worker (“Relax! You’ll Be More Productive,” reads the hea... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Mastery. Checked-off bucket-list experiences. But that’s not how it works.