Deferred happiness is the idea that you can't be happy until you reach some goal or hit some milestone in your life.It's common to see people defer happiness until they make more money, find a romantic partner, finish school, move to a new city, or a million other scenarios.Today we talk about this idea often called Deferred Happiness Syndrome. We talk about why humans are prone to it, what type of people are MOST prone to it, and how to break the cycle of deferring happiness with some very p...
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Deferred happiness is the idea that you can't be happy until you reach some goal or hit some milestone in your life.It's common to see people defer happiness until they make more money, find a romantic partner, finish school, move to a new city, or a million other scenarios.Today we talk about this idea often called Deferred Happiness Syndrome. We talk about why humans are prone to it, what type of people are MOST prone to it, and how to break the cycle of deferring happiness with some very p...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Nihilism as Life's Ultimate Freedom
A Million Ways to Live
41 minutes
2 years ago
Choose Your Own Adventure: Nihilism as Life's Ultimate Freedom
Today we're talking about Nihilism as one way to live. Ever feel like life's rulebook is a cosmic joke that nobody let you in on? Welcome to the club. In this episode, we're diving headfirst into the void and guess what? It's liberating. We're talking nihilism, the philosophy that dares to ask, 'What if nothing really matters and that's actually awesome?' Forget destiny, toss out that moral compass, and let's get real about the freedom of a life without cosmic strings attached....
A Million Ways to Live
Deferred happiness is the idea that you can't be happy until you reach some goal or hit some milestone in your life.It's common to see people defer happiness until they make more money, find a romantic partner, finish school, move to a new city, or a million other scenarios.Today we talk about this idea often called Deferred Happiness Syndrome. We talk about why humans are prone to it, what type of people are MOST prone to it, and how to break the cycle of deferring happiness with some very p...