You done sent me down a rabbit-hole lol. I was looking to see if he had ever covered "Unchained Melody"... I thought it would be a good fit...or if any Tenors of note had.... I found a jem. They start killing it at at 2:00 Crank this one as loud as they go.
Only read the first few pages of this thread, it resonates with me. Research has shown many times (afaik) that the largest contribution to happiness is having meaningful social relations. That's what I would focus on, definitely not traveling or new hobbies (been there, done that).
Imho having an interesting hobby can give one back so much. Probably a hedge against alzheimers in old age too. Following one of the old pilgrimage routes plus dog ,might be interesting. Time to reflect on the past and meet other weary pilgrims etc.
Having one of those couple of days trading where I'm finding it hard not to hate it. "But don't worry, it comes around again" as they said in How I met your Mother.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! m not among some of you yet, but will get here, eventually. from what you guys say, suppose the journey there IS the fun part! in no rush then. just had a 'shitty' (relative) self destruct day where flaws started popping up in discretionary trading. this is what is lovely about trading. it is a mirror to my 'self'. trading: "you r being shitty again". self: "opps.. time to shut down & stop being shitty" seeing the boredom, some of you mentioned, m gonna continue part discretionary trading, even after eventual automation in far future. thinking of it as the morning cold shower as a daily reminder of being 'human' even at this v.early success stage, trading has already showed me what i really m. ugly shit. to look inwards. read a few journals & realised many on different paths (other than trading), also face similar questions & similar answers. the answer is supposedly within us? have mixed feelings here. to know there is potential inside, & at the same time look in the mirror thinking; shit, there's no god!? & in this douche is the answer? im f^cked have not seen this topic mentioned here. part of that started an exploration of 'lucid dreaming'. coming to wakefulness in your dreams. maybe some inside answers can be found via this path. dream lucidity is powerful. was feeling mentally fatigued & gained lucidity in a dream while napping. the moment i awoke, the fire was burning again with intensity. hopefully m able to progress to full "inception" blown, dream control & find answers
www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/a4lisq/probably_a_better_midlife_crisis_than_most_but_id/ Read the whole thread but this one is profound: gemulikeit : Mid-life crises bring to the fore what humanity in general, and philosophers in particular, have always worried about: the meaning of life. For instance, Achilles himself worried about his legacy and the brevity of life when Agamemnon stole Briseis from him. This is a protagonist whose name is prefixed with "godlike" and whose life is set against events that was written 2,500 years ago. There is some solace to be found in the fact that humanity has been grappling with this problem for thousands of years. The purpose of financial independence in my mind is to achieve independence. Freedom. But freedom itself brings its own bevy of problems. And this (to grapple with the meaning of one's existence) is one of them. The solution is not to find another problem to solve. That is mere distraction. It is what Sisyphus would do. You (OP) have already identified it when you said:' "What’s more, after seven to ten years, I might wind up where I am today, still vaguely dissatisfied." /u/darbius is onto something. He phrases it in Saganesque scientific jargon, but the message is clear: try to live in the moment. You may or you may not leave a legacy. There is a high probability that you won't. Think of the billions of souls who have come before us: despite all they have done, it only took a generation or two for history to have forgotten their names. Instead, try to live in what Nietzsche calls "the eternal return." That is, if you were forced to live your life again and again in a cycle that never stops, the best life is the one wherein you would not change a thing. How that life would look and whether you have the moral courage to follow through are up to you. This is a burden that only you can bear.
Instead, try to live in what Nietzsche calls "the eternal return." That is, if you were forced to live your life again and again in a cycle that never stops, the best life is the one wherein you would not change a thing. An interesting concept, yet I think impossible to do. Every life would have mistakes and mis-steps upon reflection, and reflection is the only way we can examine our lives. Your next life would always have changes resulting from that reflection, assuming one had the power to make such changes. This does not mean we should not try to live our best life and be our best selves, but not because we may have to live it all over again, apparently without memory of previous lives lived, but because this may be the one and only life we'll ever have.