I have always struggled with automating my life habits.
It's not that I don't have goals, I have them in plenty. I have problems with the dehumanizing, machine-like feeling it puts on life.
Doing the same thing everyday at the same time sounds horrible. I don't want to program myself. I want to live my life according to how I feel at the moment.
But, as you can imagine, this has created problems. You don't keep jobs by living for the moment or doing what you feel like doing.
I am not sure if I have a point, but I think there is more to life than becoming a programmable robot.
Maybe balance is the key. Have good habits, but try to build some flexibility into them.
So you say that you want to live as you feel, but this also creates problems. Emotions are the problem. Better stated, lacking control of your emotions is the problem.
You are in control of your thoughts and how you react to them. Knowing this and practicing control has been life changing for me. /r/stoicism, my friend.
Doing the same thing everyday at the same time sounds horrible
Wait -- are you opposing repetition or the thing that you do?
If you could do something you like everyday at the same time, wouldn't you want to do it? Are you protesting against not having found something you want to do?
Although I agree with your point on balance,
you may want to revisit this "dehumanizing" feeling you mention, because some of the world's most touching work came from creative minds that were fiercely disciplined. The surprising thing is you might turn out to like it:
Happiness is the longing for repetition.
- Milan Kundera
Here's the thing: Do you want to choose your emotions? Because you can. How you feel at the moment is up to you. And yes, it does take planning, and building habits. But you get to choose. With the right effort. With "programming."
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I have always struggled with automating my life habits.
It's not that I don't have goals, I have them in plenty. I have problems with the dehumanizing, machine-like feeling it puts on life.
Doing the same thing everyday at the same time sounds horrible. I don't want to program myself. I want to live my life according to how I feel at the moment.
But, as you can imagine, this has created problems. You don't keep jobs by living for the moment or doing what you feel like doing.
I am not sure if I have a point, but I think there is more to life than becoming a programmable robot.
Maybe balance is the key. Have good habits, but try to build some flexibility into them.
So you say that you want to live as you feel, but this also creates problems. Emotions are the problem. Better stated, lacking control of your emotions is the problem.
You are in control of your thoughts and how you react to them. Knowing this and practicing control has been life changing for me. /r/stoicism, my friend.
Doing the same thing everyday at the same time sounds horrible
Wait -- are you opposing repetition or the thing that you do?
If you could do something you like everyday at the same time, wouldn't you want to do it? Are you protesting against not having found something you want to do?
Although I agree with your point on balance, you may want to revisit this "dehumanizing" feeling you mention, because some of the world's most touching work came from creative minds that were fiercely disciplined. The surprising thing is you might turn out to like it:
I think you're missing the point.
Here's the thing: Do you want to choose your emotions? Because you can. How you feel at the moment is up to you. And yes, it does take planning, and building habits. But you get to choose. With the right effort. With "programming."