Comments on: Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy http://natashacrozier.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/against-happiness-in-praise-of-melancholy/ by natasha Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: letitblurt http://natashacrozier.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/against-happiness-in-praise-of-melancholy/#comment-2 letitblurt Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:19:16 +0000 http://natashacrozier.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-2 Well, I'd say that if you're a great artiste then being miserable can certainly be a boon to creativity. After all, if you're happy all the time what's your motivation? But for the great majority of us who are essentially boring people, being miserable is just...well, being miserable. It's not a bad idea to look for advantages in feeling like hell, though. After all, we're pretty much guaranteed at least a little bit of this thoughout our lives, so you might as well try to see an upside in it. Well, I’d say that if you’re a great artiste then being miserable can certainly be a boon to creativity. After all, if you’re happy all the time what’s your motivation? But for the great majority of us who are essentially boring people, being miserable is just…well, being miserable.

It’s not a bad idea to look for advantages in feeling like hell, though. After all, we’re pretty much guaranteed at least a little bit of this thoughout our lives, so you might as well try to see an upside in it.

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