FILLER POST 2: WHAT IS A GOOD LIFE?

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FILLER POST 2: WHAT IS A GOOD LIFE?

Salutations dearest reader and welcome to my second filler post.

Today I am going to write on what is a good life. In my “WHY ARE EVEN HERE?” and “THE PARADOX OF HAPPINESS” posts, I tried to determine the purpose of our existence and I also tried to understand the problem of happiness.

Since we were born without our consent, most of us spend most of our lives finding a good life. So what is a good life?

So in this post am going to explore the following questions;

  • ·       What is a good life anyway?
  • ·       Can we achieve a good life?

WHAT IS A GOOD LIFE?

For this post, I asked a group of people two days prior, “what is a good life?”. As expected, answers were different. Answers ranged from “To fulfill a purpose and happiness” to “Possession, fame and Health” to” Kill all enemies and to save your loved ones”.

From those few answers I realized that we all have a different perspective on what is a good life. So what do other sources have to say about what is a good life?

My sources also have different explanations for what is a good life. Some explanations include;

“THE KIND OF LIFE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY DREAM OF LIVING”

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“A LIFE THAT IS SELF SATISFYING AND FULFILLING”

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“A LIFE WITH HIGH STANDARDS OF LIVING”

To summarize, a good life to many is the one where a person can provide for him/her self’s survival and is also able to surround him/herself with things that give him/her happiness and pleasure.

The first part I agree with that being able to survive and continue living can be a good thing and it does contribute to a good life but the part of pleasure is the one which surprises me. In my “PARADOX OF HAPPINESS” post, I explained that pleasure and happiness is impermanent and that whatever one does in his/her life, he/she goes back to square one and returns to a state of sadness and once a person reaches a state of sadness, he/she tries and returns to a state of happiness and it goes over and over again until one dies.



So finding pleasure is a dead end, a constant goose chase. So since a good life is associated with pleasure and pleasure is impermanent does it mean there is no such thing as a good life?

I am not sure about the question above, but personally I believe a good life does exist but I believe that a good life is different for everyone. I am an existentialist and in true existentialist fashion I believe a person creates his own purpose and so he/she defines his/her version of a good life.

For me a good life can be acquiring vast amounts of wealth or playing sports or protecting the weak or truly understanding the universe and etc as long that person finds what he/she is doing is his/her purpose. As long a person believes that is what he/she is meant to do, a good life can wildly vary from person to person. So for me you can never measure a person’s life and state whether it is good or not.

For more on the subject here is a video below:



CONCLUSION

For something almost all of us find a good life is something most do not understand. In our modern world with social media, most believe a good life is that where a person acquires wealth, gets a good car and has a good looking partner but a good life cannot be measured

To conclude just live your life the way you want it to be. You only live once after all (Not proven yet). So go out and in short be you and do what you like.

Thank you for reading this post and visiting the blog. If you like what is written in the blog, please comment and tell more people about the blog. It is appreciated.

REFERENCES.

www.lifehack.org

www.fromemuseum.org

www.planetofsuccess.com

www.positivepsychology.com

www.youtube.com/crashcourse philosophy.

 

 

 

Comments

  1. Tony kundiFebruary 6, 2022 at 5:12 PM

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  2. UnknownFebruary 6, 2022 at 6:09 PM

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  3. Grayson JuniorFebruary 6, 2022 at 6:25 PM

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