I was thinking the other day, about how, maybe one day, scientists will find out how parts of the body go bad (for example, how the elasticity of skin goes away slowly as you age), and maybe they will figure out how to perfectly maintain parts of the body. My guess to how people could perfectly maintain their bodies is with precise nutrition. Somehow, my thoughts stemmed, and I thought about how the controllers of the bodies, the souls, wear out their bodies until the body is so worn out it must die. People do not precisely nourish themselves, because they would be unable to indulge in food and they would have to be meticulous with their intake (which is unappealing to many). They would not be happy. The soul strives for happiness, battles and adventures for it, and, in the process, it wears the body out. The body must die.
For example, I stay up late sometimes. My dad tells me, "It's not good for you!" I know that, but I am focused on my work that I am trying to finish, so I can get all A's. I wear myself out, trying to feel accomplished with good grades. I suspect I am gradually peeling the years off my life by wearing myself out so much (the more you think about it, working so hard is not good, because, in the longer run, I won't be happy because I'd be unhealthy).
The purpose of life? Happiness. Ask yourself, what are you doing right now? Specifically, or broadly, you are working towards happiness. If you are working on an essay, you are working on it so you can turn it in and not have an F in English and be happy. If you are at work, you are working for your passions (which bring you joy) and for money, so you can go home and support your family, so you and your family will be happy; you are warm and have food to eat. If you are saving for retirement, you are saving so you will be able to support yourself and live comfortably; happily.
If someone commits suicide, it is because they could not find happiness; they saw it wasn't in their future. They were so far from the goal of life, they gave up.
I watched a video of old people giving their advice (generally). One of the ladies said something like, "Just do what makes you happy," and I nodded my head and said, "Yup." I agree with her; but I know some people will take what she said very flatly. For some people, when they hear what she said, they think they should go eat 3 gallons of ice-cream and tweet all day (that's what they think is fun! It will make them happy) but they are wrong. How would they feel after eating 3 gallons of ice-cream? They would feel disgusted with themselves. That's not happiness. How would they feel after they left three projects to do on a Sunday night, because they were tweeting all day? Stressed. That's not happiness. Take what the old lady said like this: I will work hard now, feel proud after I finish, and be happy for the rest of the day (or weeks, or months, or years). The lady's words are more complex than, 'Just do what feels good.' They are, 'do what makes you happy.'
That brings the question, which is more important to long term happiness : grades, which are stressed by all adults, or health? My exercising regimen came to a screeching halt when school started. My grades were more important to me. But should I have equally balanced them? I don't know. I would have worse grades but my health would be slightly better. I don't know; grades and health are both long-run factors of happiness, but which one is more important?
For example, I stay up late sometimes. My dad tells me, "It's not good for you!" I know that, but I am focused on my work that I am trying to finish, so I can get all A's. I wear myself out, trying to feel accomplished with good grades. I suspect I am gradually peeling the years off my life by wearing myself out so much (the more you think about it, working so hard is not good, because, in the longer run, I won't be happy because I'd be unhealthy).
The purpose of life? Happiness. Ask yourself, what are you doing right now? Specifically, or broadly, you are working towards happiness. If you are working on an essay, you are working on it so you can turn it in and not have an F in English and be happy. If you are at work, you are working for your passions (which bring you joy) and for money, so you can go home and support your family, so you and your family will be happy; you are warm and have food to eat. If you are saving for retirement, you are saving so you will be able to support yourself and live comfortably; happily.
If someone commits suicide, it is because they could not find happiness; they saw it wasn't in their future. They were so far from the goal of life, they gave up.
I watched a video of old people giving their advice (generally). One of the ladies said something like, "Just do what makes you happy," and I nodded my head and said, "Yup." I agree with her; but I know some people will take what she said very flatly. For some people, when they hear what she said, they think they should go eat 3 gallons of ice-cream and tweet all day (that's what they think is fun! It will make them happy) but they are wrong. How would they feel after eating 3 gallons of ice-cream? They would feel disgusted with themselves. That's not happiness. How would they feel after they left three projects to do on a Sunday night, because they were tweeting all day? Stressed. That's not happiness. Take what the old lady said like this: I will work hard now, feel proud after I finish, and be happy for the rest of the day (or weeks, or months, or years). The lady's words are more complex than, 'Just do what feels good.' They are, 'do what makes you happy.'
That brings the question, which is more important to long term happiness : grades, which are stressed by all adults, or health? My exercising regimen came to a screeching halt when school started. My grades were more important to me. But should I have equally balanced them? I don't know. I would have worse grades but my health would be slightly better. I don't know; grades and health are both long-run factors of happiness, but which one is more important?