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Happiness Obsession

I once made the mistake of complaining of boredom.  My dad made me do a bunch of bullshit chores.  "If you can't find something to do, then I'll find something for you to do."  I learned how to fill my own days.  You cannot be bored if you're doing something.  And as an adult, I am sickened when people tell me they are bored.  "Well, go fucking do something."  Can't think of anything to do?  Then kill yourself. Happiness is a lot like that. People are unhappy because they don't do anything.  Happiness can't be found by doing nothing.  Happiness is something one obtains by doing an activity.  Of course, when one is fully engrossed in an activity, the person rarely says, "Oh, I'm happy."  It's a paradox - the so-called paradox of hedonism. For those of you who still read dead trees, Harper's has a fascinating article into the cultural obsession with happiness: "The war on unhappiness: Goodbye Freud, hello positive thinking...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).