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August 6,
2009
How do you know what makes you happy?
Posted by satvikberi under Life Tactics | Tags: Happiness, Life Tactics |
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Say y ou eat a casserole thats so blended y ou cant tell what the ingredients are, and
lov e it. Then someone tells y ou that the casserole had some spinach-and incidentally ,
this is the first time y ouv e had spinach, ev er. Do y ou like spinach?
You cant immediately tell, and the same is true of a lot of things in y our ev ery day life,
particularly when it comes to influences like y our job or where y ou liv e. Day to day
influences-weather, y our health, hormones, or hav ing a fight with y our girlfriend-
ty pically hav e a much bigger effect on y our mood at the moment than any thing long
term. How do y ou isolate the effects of any indiv idual source of emotion in y our life?
Two y ears ago I was absolutely certain that I would want to go to grad school for a PhD
in Math. Today Im looking for a job in Finance, after realizing that what I liked about
Math wasnt what I would be doing in grad school.
So how did I choose what to do? Rather than try to gauge emotion, I look at energy . Its
easy to track what thoughts keep me awake and inspire me to action, v s. things that fill
me with dread and make me exhausted. I lov e solv ing problems. I lov e reading lots of
theory and seeing how it produces short, clev er solutions to v ery general problems with
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broad-ranging applications-thats what I enjoy ed in Math. Thats what a lot of Math
education is like. But most research is about v ery specific problems that may or may not
hav e applications, and the number of people who read a giv en paper is v ery small.
When I thought about it, it was clear that I get most excited by projects with far-
reaching and measurable consequences. But the thought of doing work that almost no
one reads exhausts me.
Similarly , being around my SO makes me excited and more alert. My friends noticed
this before I ev en realized I had a crush on her.
Measuring energy is a major consideration y ou can use to decide where to work, liv e,
and y our general lifesty le. Its a quick way to measure whether something makes y ou
happier. How do y ou measure y our happiness? What are some other indicators y ou can
use?

Long term accomplishments
Posted by satvikberi under Brainstorms, Life Tactics | Tags: Brainstorms,
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What major, long term goals would I like to accomplish in the next 60 y ears?
Some brainstorms, in no particular order:
Long term: Combat financial fraud, tax reform, improv e education in the United States
(particularly Math education), improv e education around the world, inv ent truly
timesav ing dev ices or bring those to popular awareness, improv e health care in
America and across the world, reducing slav ery /exploitation, helping people reach their
potential.
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Why write this? It makes me realize that there are a lot of causes I would be happy
working for. On the other hand, none of them dominate. There are some I like more
than others, but on the whole, ultra-long term goals like these arent good motiv ation
for me. Kind of sad, but good to know.
So what is good motiv ation for me? Well, shorter term goals, day -to-day challenges, and
the skills Ill learn. More on that later.

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