• BrerChicken @lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Stuff doesn’t make us happy, people do. It’s always been like that. If we spend less time with people, in person, we will be less happy.

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      2 years ago

      Depends on the people and the context. You could live surrounded by people every day and be completely miserable.

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        2 years ago

        You’re right, it’s not just “people.” What I mean is we need to focus more on our relationships, and on being around the people that make us happy, and less on the things we think will make us happy.

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      2 years ago

      Also nature. It’s clinically proven that living your life surrounded by barren concrete fucks you up.

      People like having pets and growing houseplants, just cuz, and both have been shown to do a lot of good, mentally. But we really should be bringing nature into our cities much more than we do right now.