This is so, so important. We've been conditioned to believe that achieving that all-important income goal is more important than our own happiness. Sure, we all have bills to pay, and life isn't always about doing things we find fun. But that doesn't mean we need to be miserable the entire time, even though that's pretty much what the Calvinist undercurrent of modern western culture says. I love how you put it: There needs to be enough happiness to balance out the parts that are more laborious, closer to drudgery. That's a very wise way to go about it.
That’s why I love that she said ‘Am I having ANY fun?’ Because any fun could also mean just a little but ENOUGH fun and opens up that way of thinking that it needs to be fun enough to keep it sustainable.
This is so, so important. We've been conditioned to believe that achieving that all-important income goal is more important than our own happiness. Sure, we all have bills to pay, and life isn't always about doing things we find fun. But that doesn't mean we need to be miserable the entire time, even though that's pretty much what the Calvinist undercurrent of modern western culture says. I love how you put it: There needs to be enough happiness to balance out the parts that are more laborious, closer to drudgery. That's a very wise way to go about it.
That’s why I love that she said ‘Am I having ANY fun?’ Because any fun could also mean just a little but ENOUGH fun and opens up that way of thinking that it needs to be fun enough to keep it sustainable.