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True, but if we were satisfied, we'd never really do anything beyond the necessary.

Stay hungry. Strive for more. I don’t strive for shiny things like cars and watches and other stuff to show off on social media. I strive to be better and do better than the past me. I have some nice things but they’re all well within my means, and they’re things i truly enjoy. Don’t w...

A comfortable oyster makes no pearls.

Wise words. Applies a lot to my mental state! ⚡️

I think it must be exhausting to be satisfied, exhaustingly boring. I have 2000 things I want to do and pursuing them brings me huge fulfilment and even more fun along the way. I'm not sure this maps perfectly on to satisfaction, but I think there's an overlap.

Psychologists call this hedonic adaptation: after a win, happiness recalibrates within weeks or months and drifts back to where it was before. The new level becomes your floor, so satisfaction pinned to outcomes always expires.