The question of happiness
I just finished reading an interesting book - “The question of happiness”, by Tal Ben Shahar.
Tal claims that there are four types of persons: Rat racers, who are not happy now, but are working hard towards goals that should make them happy: degrees, job promotions, etc. But they are never happy. There are hedonists, who are “enjoying” the present, having a good time, but do not care about the future. After a while, they stop being happy. There are people who are not happy, neither have hopes at being happy.
Then there is the fourth type: Those who are enjoying their present time, but still have goals set in the future. This is obviously what we should strive to be. Find a job that interests us, and that we enjoy. Have goals, and achieve them, but not at too large a cost.
I guess I have been a rat-racer most of my life… I’m trying to change that now.