x--- created: 2021-11-21 aliases: - null tags: created/2021/11/21, review, node/evergreen/question, sr-due: 2022-06-04 sr-interval: 64 sr-ease: 150 --- > [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 10 evergreens, 1 source</em></s> #### [[How to pursue the positive things in life]] The hardest part about pursuing the positive things in life is our conditions on both a material and spiritual level. On a material level [[Insecure material conditions increase cognitive load and reduce outcomes]]. This is a big part of [[You can't blame people for failing to rise above their circumstances]] and can make it very hard for us make progress towards things that we want even if we have the desire. On a spiritual level, [[Right kinds of thoughts lead to right kinds of actions]]. We need to properly center our lives around the things that truly matter. Complicating all of this is [[Mental health is a reaction to one's environment]]. Getting your [[mental health]] in order is going to be vital to pursue [[happiness]]. Meanwhile, [[Sometimes we can't grow until we change our environment]] so trying pursuing any of these paths may be impossible without making significant changes. I think the root of these difficulties is in the answer to [[What is the cognitive effect of living in an unjust world]], but often we are not thinking about the world when we are stalled, we are just lost in our own lives. - includes:: [[Why do we stall in life]] - includes:: [[When should you forgive people who don't deserve it]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SEED *edited January 23, 2022* **Topics**:: [[self-love]], [[self-improvement]], [[human advancement]]