Comment on Addiction and BalanceComments−raelmiuOP4yI pulled together some great tweets about addiction in normal startup life, like being addicted to working hard, being productive.What do you think? What's your strategy to live well instead of chasing the old high?−h2odragon4yBefore enlightenment; chop wood, haul water.After enlightenment; chop wood, haul water.... Does this really apply now when vanishingly few people do either of these ever, much less daily?the "Mexican Fisherman" story fits in here too.−raelmiuOP4yI think the purpose of the metaphor is that external activity and internal state are non-correlated.With great intensity and interest chopping wood (or coding or whatever) can be really fascinating. Without interest most activities are chores.
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I pulled together some great tweets about addiction in normal startup life, like being addicted to working hard, being productive.
What do you think? What's your strategy to live well instead of chasing the old high?
Before enlightenment; chop wood, haul water.
After enlightenment; chop wood, haul water.
... Does this really apply now when vanishingly few people do either of these ever, much less daily?
the "Mexican Fisherman" story fits in here too.
I think the purpose of the metaphor is that external activity and internal state are non-correlated.
With great intensity and interest chopping wood (or coding or whatever) can be really fascinating. Without interest most activities are chores.