There’s a certain level of beauty in aging that I’ve come to appreciate. It’s the barter of life — you trade wrinkles in your skin and aches in your tendons for sagely wisdom. As a 22 year old, I’m at a crossroads in life where people are generally distraught with this idea. Most of us have just graduated college that has been classically called “the greatest years of your life”, and are scared to move on. We don’t want to work the 9–5, exist without a safety net, and become adults.
> As a young adult, our behavior tends to bias towards activities that gives us external enjoyment —joy from friends, alcohol, and social interactions. If we compare these to hobbies of an average adult, the differences become evident.
> Activities like reading a novel, spending a Friday night playing board games, or going to wineries have one factor in common. They all bring sustained development. Rather than bringing fleeting moments of excitement, they cultivate deeper joys.
But this delineation confuses me - are you contrasting social vs solo activities? If so, is the board game single player or something? And are social activities not cultivating of "deeper joys"?
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> As a young adult, our behavior tends to bias towards activities that gives us external enjoyment —joy from friends, alcohol, and social interactions. If we compare these to hobbies of an average adult, the differences become evident.
> Activities like reading a novel, spending a Friday night playing board games, or going to wineries have one factor in common. They all bring sustained development. Rather than bringing fleeting moments of excitement, they cultivate deeper joys.
But this delineation confuses me - are you contrasting social vs solo activities? If so, is the board game single player or something? And are social activities not cultivating of "deeper joys"?