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Post by Shyft Trakia-Vorga VahtiDahl on Sept 21, 2008 17:02:21 GMT -6
Is the happiness from completing long term goals better than that of more instant gratification situations? Is it the same? Does it depend on the situation? Would you be perfectly happy using the same forms of entertainment again and again or would you be better off always striving for some thing new?
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Post by Deverex on Sept 23, 2008 19:32:16 GMT -6
Most of the time I like sticking to the things that I know that I will get some satisfaction from. Some times new things can be fun, but I always find myself returning to the old "reliable" things.
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Post by Shyft Trakia-Vorga VahtiDahl on Sept 26, 2008 9:54:14 GMT -6
But what about long term goals?
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Post by Deverex on Sept 26, 2008 17:18:21 GMT -6
I guess it depends on how much work I put into it.
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Post by kaian on Sept 29, 2008 19:05:10 GMT -6
I like the same old routines, and I like novelty. But I find that when I strive for a new accomplishment, it's usually with my "old reliable" pastimes, like teaching my horse a new trick or going on a long, intense ride somewhere I've never been before. Or drawing something. But being a pretty impatient person, I'm into the whole instant gratification thing, which obviously doesn't fit with my more long-term goals (like earning enough money to buy enough land for my horses and I to live on, or to illustrate books, or grow my hair out longer, etc.). I guess my long-term goals are things that DO take lots of time and work, which make them more rewarding in the long run. But smaller, more superficial and new changes help make me relatively happy for the time being, while at the same time I keep working toward the long-term goals.
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