Work out daily? OK, but how socially fit are you? (2023)
Posted by tchalla 6 hours ago
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Comment by johsole 2 hours ago
I think if you've got a marriage like that, you've won. If you can layer on a few friendships, than you have plenty, and if you can layer on a community like a Church then you have abundance.
If you don't know where to start, a Church is a great place to start.
Comment by mathgeek 1 hour ago
Please only do this if you believe (or are willing to explore or at least quickly reject and leave) what the church is teaching.
Comment by bluefirebrand 2 hours ago
As community organizations I think Churches seem at least somewhat decent. If only we could keep the community stuff without the religious stuff.
I dunno. I think we need (free / community funded) third spaces to make a big comeback. Where do people even go to meet anyone now?
I have a counselor suggesting I go try out tech conferences and meetups, but those have always felt like career building activities to me, not social activities. It's not the same at all.
Comment by throw0101d 4 hours ago
* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61273746-the-good-life
Excerpt:
* https://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive...
See also discussions on happiness from earlier:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996364
Comment by dominotw 4 hours ago
Comment by CoolestBeans 2 hours ago
The good thing is that most healthy activities feel good to do, so they're self-perpetuating. They don't give the instant shot of dopamine as unhealthy activities but they do give you something. Furthermore, they feed into each other. Doing one habit makes the resistance to starting another less.
Comment by goodmythical 2 hours ago
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs listed physical and social health, among other things, as prequisites for a happy healthy life in 1943.
Comment by johsole 3 hours ago
> It was satisfaction in their relationships, particularly in their marriages, that was the best predictor of a happy and healthy life.
Good marriages is probably the 80. If you nailed that you've won.
Comment by mathgeek 2 hours ago
Words to live by!
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Comment by hallole 3 hours ago