Friday, March 11, 2011

It doesn't take a genius to realize that in the end, all of the things we aim for are ways to increase our happiness and that happiness is our ultimate goal as living, breathing human beings. It does take a bit of a genius though to achieve a high and sustainable level of happiness :/

I'd a good conversation with my supervisor the other day and I would really wanna share with you guys. Its really interesting to talk to him. He gives me some insights with his words.

I think there are a couple of types of persons around us.

First. The party person. The person who knows how to have fun but not how to get fulfillment. They do the things they're passionate about. They typically have a lot of hobbies and they party a lot (therefore the name haha). However they often end up reflecting upon their lives and feeling unfulfilled because sth is missing.

Second, the spiritual person. This is the person who is aware of the importance of contribution and a higher purpose. But they often work themselves like a mule and forget to have some fun.

Two typical extreme types of person.

Of course there is also a third type of ppl who dont go after pleasure or fulfillment and they pretty much gave up on life.

Okayy I get a lil random right now you must be wondering. I just wanna share about that to have a contented and happy life if and only if you

  • acknowledge both sides of happiness - pleasure and fulfillment
  • seek to balance them out in our life
Its the mix of pleasure and fulfillment that's key. Just combine activities that give us pleasure with activities that give us fulfillment everyday :)

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Friday, March 11, 2011

It doesn't take a genius to realize that in the end, all of the things we aim for are ways to increase our happiness and that happiness is our ultimate goal as living, breathing human beings. It does take a bit of a genius though to achieve a high and sustainable level of happiness :/

I'd a good conversation with my supervisor the other day and I would really wanna share with you guys. Its really interesting to talk to him. He gives me some insights with his words.

I think there are a couple of types of persons around us.

First. The party person. The person who knows how to have fun but not how to get fulfillment. They do the things they're passionate about. They typically have a lot of hobbies and they party a lot (therefore the name haha). However they often end up reflecting upon their lives and feeling unfulfilled because sth is missing.

Second, the spiritual person. This is the person who is aware of the importance of contribution and a higher purpose. But they often work themselves like a mule and forget to have some fun.

Two typical extreme types of person.

Of course there is also a third type of ppl who dont go after pleasure or fulfillment and they pretty much gave up on life.

Okayy I get a lil random right now you must be wondering. I just wanna share about that to have a contented and happy life if and only if you

  • acknowledge both sides of happiness - pleasure and fulfillment
  • seek to balance them out in our life
Its the mix of pleasure and fulfillment that's key. Just combine activities that give us pleasure with activities that give us fulfillment everyday :)

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