Contentment, it turns out, does not lead to happiness. Contentment is a middle ground. Thus the material middle ground of old money has been so devalued, it does not feel like middle ground anymore. So people like me who are afflicted with contentment but are wary of its effects, adopt the strategy of serial, episodic contentment. The problem is not in the scale of success or even the devaluation of the middle ground.

Source: Mint July 18, 2021 15:45 UTC