/biz/ - Business & Finance

29 y/o "soon to be boomer" reporting in

Sit down anons, strap yourself in and let me spin you a thing.

This may seem cliche as you've probably heard it before, so many times so that the meaning and significance has worn off.

Life always seem more enjoyable when you're young

>youthful health
>lack of responsibilities
>no hindsight to reflect on
>no real ability to formulate future vision of yourself
>your residual impression of yourself is very malleable when you're young and this provides the illusion of options, choice (the one true freedom in life)

It is biologically impossible to perceive your emotional state in the future without looking at it through the emotional lens of today hence we are never happy with the future even when it turns out the way we planned.

Anons, life is about purpose, find it, develop it and don't let it go, life isn't about discovering yourself as it is about developing yourself and nothing will structure a character filled with stoicism, virtue and content like purpose does.