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Do the outdoors actually make you happier?

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 01:26:05 No.2459655 View View Reply Original Report

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I'm beginning to think that all of the "do xyz thing, and you will be happy" ideas aren't real.

I now lift, I hike and spend time outdoors (since childhood, but even more now), I limit sugar and other shit from my diet, I limit how often I nut, etc. I'm not any happier than before despite all of these changes. Is it all a meme, bros?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 01:33:29 No.2459657 Report

Quoted By: >>2459662

All the things you mentioned are good for you, you would be far worse off if you weren’t doing it. But there is one very important thing a lot of people forget about. You need a direction. You need to work towards something. It’s less about the goal and more about the way to it. Trust me, brother, you will figure it out and you will be happy in your life.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 01:35:07 No.2459658 Report

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>>2459655
learn botany, made the outdoors much more interesting and im intrigued everytime I see a new plant. maybe im retarded but theres more to the outdoors than just a pretty setting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 01:45:28 No.2459662 Report

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>>2459657
>You need a direction.
That's a good point. I guess since I have graduated college a couple years ago I haven't made any new big goals. Before that it was get into college, then do well in college, and now nothing. I'll put some thought into a new big goal. Maybe a 5 year plan or something. Thanks for the perspective man.
>>2459658
I have actually considered learning botany and herbalism recently, since I'm outside anyways. I suppose this and the above recommendation kind of go hand in hand. Find a goal and pursue it. Thanks bro.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 01:50:42 No.2459666 Report

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>>2459655
have you ever considered life is just not *that* good and happiness isn't some constant state of mind you can obtain but just an emotion like any other? I don't mean to put you off doing or not doing anything but I used to get caught up in fad diets or lifestyles like paleo and no PMO thinking the reason I wasn't happy was because of some digestive or lifestyle issue and if I just adhered to the diet or the activity more strictly I'd finally be happy. Eventually realized it's just some pie in the sky you're always chasing and at best you can be content or relaxed. Anyway, that's just me.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 02:10:26 No.2459671 Report

Quoted By: >>2459713 >>2459903 >>2460029

>>2459666
I get what you mean. But, it's not so much that I want to be beaming with joy every second of the day. It is more so that I want to be content most of the day. Like just feeling contented instead of somber all the time would be nice

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 03:06:12 No.2459713 Report

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>>2459671
Contentment doesn't always come from chasing and acquiring things you think you lack anymore than happiness would. Sometimes it could be a matter of learning to fully appreciate the things you already have and do. I'm not too fond of Alan Watts, but one thing he said has stuck with me in that "if you don't know what it is that you want, then it's because you already have it." Not word-for-word, but the general idea helped me stop chasing some goal or some activity so incessantly under the idea of finally "fixing myself."

Moreover, it might be worth considering that you're depressed, and that it might be due to factors outside of your immediate control. Don't immediately dismiss the idea of seeking out help when you don't know what else to do

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 03:09:48 No.2459715 Report

Quoted By: >>2459735

Happy is subjective

Going /out/ satisfies a deep instinctual itch.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 03:40:08 No.2459735 Report

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>>2459715
This...there is no end all be all solution. It's all part of a greater whole...I like being outdoors, I like being indoors, I like working (sometimes), I like watching anime, I like working on my car, I like shooting guns, I like doing nothing, I like sleeping in a comfy bed, I like sleeping on the dirt, I like sleeping suspended between 2 trees...there are a lot of components to "happiness" and you have to find the right balance. It's silly to think that you can just do x more and your happiness is magically going to increase proportionally. Being outside is good for you, it isn't going to magically solve all your problems. Stop trying to over think life and start finding enjoyment when and where you can, sit around a fire, play a good game, do something productive, do nothing.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 07:19:30 No.2459812 Report

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>>2459655
Exactly in the same situation as you, but goals have helped me somewhat. Finishing uni in 7 months and then getting drafted into the army. No clue what happens after that though, don't want to think about it. Spending a night or two outside makes me feel good for a week, then it fades away and looking forward to the next trip is a pain since I dont have much time to do it. Also started lifting 3 months ago and seeing really good progress, yet it still doesn't help much mentally, only feeling good during lifting.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 07:43:23 No.2459816 Report

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>>2459655
You probably hate your job. Nothing will fix your mental state if 00% of your time is allocated to a soul destroying wagecuckery. This is why half the population is on jewish drugs, to numb themselves while they carry on with their horribly daily life. If having a walk outside and doing yoga really worked, everyone would be enjoying life, but this only works with people who are extremely rich and don't work, aka the consorts of rich guys.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 08:04:11 No.2459828 Report

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>>2459655
Everyone feels down from time to time, you just need to understand that emotions don't have to dictate your suffering. All the best anon

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 12:50:16 No.2459900 Report

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>>2459655
I go outside because I enjoy it.
>this makes /out/ seethe

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 12:54:04 No.2459903 Report

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>>2459671
Take on responsibilities not distractions

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 15:46:08 No.2459981 Report

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>>2459655
I lift, go mountain biking, eat healthy, only drink water and I do not masturbate, all these things combined have helped making me feel better mentally and physically. You would feel much worse if you gave up on all these things, also happiness isn't what you think it is.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 15:54:51 No.2459984 Report

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It's was always a psyop. you really going to limit how many times you coom when you get a GF? You really not going to get shit face drunk with a few friends on a camping trip?
There's looking after yourself and then theres not living.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 15:54:57 No.2459985 Report

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>>2459655
do you have God in your life, or something Devine?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 16:57:05 No.2460029 Report

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>>2459671

If you want to feel you contented you should shape your life to be contented. Sort of a duh moment there buddy hope you figure it out

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 18:00:28 No.2460052 Report

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>Do the outdoors make you happier?

If you let them, though honestly carrying the expectation that something outside of you can bring you inner peace and happiness is your real downfall OP.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 18:37:16 No.2460066 Report

Quoted By: >>2460087

OP here. Thanks for the replies friends. After reading your comments and contemplating them a bit, I think I have narrowed it down to two major things:

A) I need a concrete direction, and goal. I have just been going with the flow since I graduated college a couple of years ago. Just working and not much else beyond the gym and hiking. I'll set myself a 5 year plan with a few attainable goals. Responsibilities as >>2459903 put it.
B) I need more face to face social interaction. I moved halfway across the country with family, and have not seen friends face to face in months. I have 5 really good buds, but can't just hang out with them any time I like, and my family don't share my hobbies. I'll try to make a new friend or gf here to hang with now and then. Face to face interaction is a big part of these feelings, I am thinking.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Sep 2022 19:24:36 No.2460087 Report

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>>2460066

We can’t tell you how to live your life. Sounds you’re approaching a general idea of what you want. Then you come up with a plan. The plan changes all the time, the general idea remains the same. Don’t know what you went to college for or where you leave but maybe you could come up with a way to achieve the social interaction you desire by leveraging your degree to make money while doing it.

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