one of my goals

[jrtom]

is to conduct my life in such a way that I don't feel the need to make excuses.

(I am so very, very far from making this a reality. Sometimes I feel like I'm excuse-driven.)

Comments

Re: Intentional living

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

It's possible to adjust your own perceptions of what makes you feel happy and satisfied.

Absolutely; that's related to my "if I get close enough..." statement. And I think that a certain amount of such adjustment is necessary to stay sane.

That said, I think that it's (a) good to always be at least a bit dissatisfied with the way that things are--or, if you prefer, to always be trying to make things better...and (b) good to have at least a couple of Big Picture Goals that you'll never completely finish.

YMMV, of course.

Re: Intentional living

[fdmts.livejournal.com]

That said, I think that it's (a) good to always be at least a bit dissatisfied with the way that things are--or, if you prefer, to always be trying to make things better...and (b) good to have at least a couple of Big Picture Goals that you'll never completely finish.

That's why I try to always have a hobby that I'm bad at. Keeps me humble and on the fun and interesting portion of the learning curve. Right now it's judo.

Of course, one can be quite productive without being miserable. Whether one *must* suffer for their art ... (is art defined as "work" for which you suffer?) ... this is the stuff of philosophy.

All philosophies fall down at the corner cases. If they didn't, we would call them "science."