The self-actualiser vs the hedonist
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Discipline or pleasure? Restriction or Excess? The pressure to live correctly.
I don’t know if this is a generational thing or simply a direction the winds of culture are blowing, but it feels as though contemporary life is organised around two competing fantasies. Let me set two scenes for you… You woke up this morning around 6:45 and went for a run because, god forbid, you check your phone before getting sunlight into your eyes. You got back, stretched, waited 90 minutes before having caffeine, added a scoop of protein to your porridge (like your Scottish ancestors intended I guess), went to work, took a nature walk, came home, cooked your low ingredient dinner,…
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