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Defeating the purpose (europe.pub)

submitted 23 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago

you gotta mix the two. Some "easy pleasure" (hedonism) and some "productive pleasure" (Eudaimonia).

Otherwise you look back on your free time and go "oh my god, I just sat there and did x" instead of "I relaxed and I even got to do XYZ, which was meaningful".

Source : Burnt out, then got sick that all I did was work, the play meaningless rougelikes I already beat, leading to worse depression