Giving It All You Got

Yes, drink! For you know not not where you came nor why! Drink! For you know not where you go nor when! (How's that for stealing from my mentor, Omar?)
 
Ralphy, the fat police have caused immeasurable pain. I was once a fat person, worth no less than i am now. I will always have to eat about half as much as most women my size in order to stay in 120-125 pound range suitable for my body type and height. Even with exercise, I eat one and a half meals a day as a rule. Sometimes I indulge, but I can gain a
pound a day, noob problem.
 
Well, I was beyond skinny as a teen and got hassled for that, and now
I am somewhat overweight due to my conversion to hedonism. Body image is a bitch as we all know, but it becomes less relevant as we age...
 
Yup, the hard truths of life, and that is why I am probably happier now than I ever have been...
 
I tried hedonism in my younger years. It tends to blind you to the fact that it's based upon laziness, indulgence and not acknowledging that you need balance in your life - that pleasure cannot be found without some pain.

Whether you're a psychological or ethical hedonist - i.e., that it is the normal object of our desires, versus "we do not always seek pleasure, but we should" - there are multiple criticisms of that lifestyle, as indeed there are against any other.

Ralphy, I believe you are ethical hedonist. ;)
 
Linda said:
I'll have to think about this question. Right off the top of my head I'd say no. I am married to a person that gets in and gets all sorts of things done fast and does them well. But it can get to be a real pain in the butt for me because he also thinks he can do some of my jobs better. Such as mopping floors. I have told on here before how I bought him a Swiffer, since he thinks they are so great, and now we don't hear him talking about mopping as much as he used to. I will continue to use my deck mop and be happy with it.

On the hobbie front, I love to paint landscapes and such but I am slow and seldom give it my all. Sometimes it takes me 2 years to do one painting. My rock garden doesn't get the attention it deserves but a couple times, right after a rain, I did come close to Nirvana looking at it.

I think I am more in the lazy, sloppy, loser category BUT when I sit out in the dark at night under the stars and meditate for 30 minutes or an hour I can get to where I want to be so I am not completely out of the loop-de-do.
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The "loop-de-do" just goes around in circles and can make you dizzy and often sick. Not a bad idea to get off it once in a while. I like your life style. We are quite similar in many ways. Haven't done it for some time, but I have painted. Water colors and acrylics. Only tried Oils once. I guess I put a lot into those. I am a realist, and tend to be obsessed with details. It is satisfying to complete something when it finally meets your expectations.
 
This will probably sound silly, but among those moments of focus and absorption was the time I chose model railroading as a hobby.

I chose HO scale, which means that everything - the trains, the buildings, the cars, the trees - was 1/87th their real size. Operating the trains was actually secondary to model building - I love putting together model buildings, plastic and wood, painting them and detailing them. I could spend hours doing it and lose all track of time.

Alas, that was 45 years ago - now I've "grown up". :(
 
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