Older: 2015-06-12b Finding my own balance between desire and detachment -- index card #stoicism #philosophy #detachment #desire.png
Newer: 2015-06-12d When I don't prefer something as much as I think I should -- index card #stoicism #philosophy #preference.png
2015-06-12c Exploring this distance -- index card #stoicism #philosophy #detachment #desire.png
2015-06-12c Exploring this distance -- index card #stoicism #philosophy #detachment #desire.png

Exploring this distance

......... & There's this SPACE between me and a "nice to have"," can imagine myself happy with it and happy without it. knowing that, I don't have to reflexively talk myself out of things. (a slight fear of hedonic adaptation is itself an attachment and a Sign of distrust...) It's okay to prefer 2015-06-12c one or the other, even though I know neither is essential. To and it's okay for those preferences to differ from what other people expect or want them to be. I can work on those preferences separately, so I can understand or even shift them. Aha! My challenge isn't detachment. It could be more like unclear preferences.

Older: 2015-06-12b Finding my own balance between desire and detachment -- index card #stoicism #philosophy #detachment #desire.png
Newer: 2015-06-12d When I don't prefer something as much as I think I should -- index card #stoicism #philosophy #preference.png

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