Comments on SquirrelInHell: Happiness Is a Chore

Unfortunately, “Ask again in two years” was darkly...

2021-01-22T03:29:49.579+00:00

Unfortunately, “Ask again in two years” was darkly ironic; the author apparently committed suicide at approximately that time.

(Though, in a way, that does answer your question…)

I think Norswap is referring to stuff from www.bew...

2018-09-13T04:50:52.134+01:00

I think Norswap is referring to stuff from www.bewelltuned.com , SquirrelInHell's other writing endeavor.

What's the neck-stretch thing? I've never ...

2018-08-08T13:20:08.256+01:00

What's the neck-stretch thing? I've never heard of it before.

Good question; I expect things to play out roughly...

2017-12-27T15:25:53.200+00:00

Good question; I expect things to play out roughly like with well-known meditation traditions, which seem to be sustainable, but my confidence is low. Ask again in two years!

What is the likelihood that this happiness method ...

2017-12-26T23:28:03.079+00:00

What is the likelihood that this happiness method loses power over time? I had a method for achieving happiness that worked for about two years, but eventually it just sorta petered out.

Actually, answers to be had here: https://www.less...

2017-12-25T01:35:46.247+00:00

Actually, answers to be had here: https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/3Hkpttb6WsJwr5WdF/happiness-is-a-chore#comments

So, does this happiness method exist and is there ...

2017-12-25T01:32:10.473+00:00

So, does this happiness method exist and is there a primer to it?

I haven seen the neck-stretch thing, and the corresponding "tune your motor cortex" and while that seems very useful skill that I will try (I incidentally also suffer from excessive neck/shoulder tension), it's hardly what I would call a general method towards happiness.

Excellent. Still have a sneaky to-be verb form bel...

2017-12-21T17:18:16.365+00:00

Excellent. Still have a sneaky to-be verb form belief hiding in there though. We care about happiness in the observer moments where being happier seems like winning. We care about other things in observer moments where other things seem like winning. Your pseudonym is once again appropriate. The gradient in hell does not slope downwards towards happiness, and the squirrel often doesn't see a good reason to go uphill.

Maybe you should provide a link to your previous p...

2017-12-20T21:33:46.527+00:00

Maybe you should provide a link to your previous post http://squirrelinhell.blogspot.de/2017/11/the-little-dragon-is-dead.html for context.