Posted by Dinah on January 30, 2005, at 17:04:01
In reply to Living a meaningful life opposed to a good one, posted by pinkeye on January 30, 2005, at 15:55:33
I've based my life on good enough. At least on good enough from others. Reduced expectations are the key to happiness. I struggle with it for a little while, but then I usually give in and readjust my expectations downwards.
I'm not quite as good at reducing the expectations for myself, although it's been a fact of my life for the past four or five years that I've been letting people down and not doing what I know I can do. So I suppose I have reduced the expectations for myself by default.
I don't find that it makes me significantly happier than the less realistic folks in life. Maybe the happiest people are the people who just don't see limitations at all, not the ones who see them and accept them.
poster:Dinah
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