tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post116392614549284150..comments2023-11-05T04:28:29.961-08:00Comments on Adventures in Capitalism: Three Questions About Your LifeChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-1164402344945148282006-11-24T13:05:00.000-08:002006-11-24T13:05:00.000-08:00Tim,Thanks for sharing your answers. I do think i...Tim,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your answers. I do think it's funny about visiting India....<BR/><BR/>I nearly spent a year in India at one point (back when I was young), but ended up opting for another exotic location instead (Cambridge, MA). I've wondered what it would have been like.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, after reading Ben's travelogue, I have to admit that my enthusiasm has been pretty effectively dampened.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-1164261592056070082006-11-22T21:59:00.000-08:002006-11-22T21:59:00.000-08:001. I would likely begin by living a somewhat incr...1. I would likely begin by living a somewhat increased standard of living. But candidly, I would probably experience standard creep whereby I would want more and more....<BR/><BR/>2. Get a job to get me JUST enough money to get by and spend as much time with my daughter as possible.<BR/><BR/>3. My daughter growing up. I'm not sure who I didn't get to be because I believe it was meant to happen that way. The one thing I didn't get to do is probably visit India. I really want to go there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-1164008549747474432006-11-19T23:42:00.000-08:002006-11-19T23:42:00.000-08:00foo:Actually, I think that it's unlikely that most...foo:<BR/><BR/>Actually, I think that it's unlikely that most people will say, "I wish I had been busier."<BR/><BR/>It's like the old saying: No one lies on their deathbed and thinks, "I should have put in more time at the office."<BR/><BR/>It's more likely that a person will wish they had devoted more attention to the slow, contemplative times.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-1164008416311000902006-11-19T23:40:00.000-08:002006-11-19T23:40:00.000-08:00Ben:I think that asking a question in the negative...Ben:<BR/><BR/>I think that asking a question in the negative is more apt to elicit an honest response.<BR/><BR/>If you ask people, "What really makes you happy?" or "What really matters to you?" you generally get a canned response. It's like athletes who talk about the importance of giving 110% and taking it one day at a time.<BR/><BR/>The exercise of imagining an imminent death shocks you out of your normal groove and thus is more likely to draw out a spontaneous and honest response.<BR/><BR/>It's like an old trick for making a decision--flip a coin, then see whether you're happy or sad with the result.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00927628412285314176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460005.post-1163989415717773792006-11-19T18:23:00.000-08:002006-11-19T18:23:00.000-08:00I'm always leery of these types of questions, sinc...I'm always leery of these types of questions, since they beg "why wasn't I more frenetic" types of responses. After all, there are frenetic times and slow times, and the slow, contemplative times can be as valuable and important to one's life as the caffeinated, going-a-zillion-miles-an-hour times.Foobaristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17695839524769425977noreply@blogger.com