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comment by rjw
rjw  ·  3843 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What in this moment is lacking?

It's currently close enough to bedtime that I don't feel any pressure to do any work or chores or start anything. At this point, the internal nagging voice is pretty quiet. I find that it's the easiest time of the day to be relaxed and chilled out. If I could tap into that reservoir of tranquillity during the day, that would be really great - although you often need a little bit of stress to get things done that you want/need to get done.

I find it pretty amusing that the antihistamines I sometimes take to help me get to sleep when I have itchy skin are called Atarax, named after the Greek concept of tranquillity, ataraxia. Epicureanism provides an interesting point of view on the subject of happiness although I do not agree wholeheartedly with it.