I’ve spent the last year or so minimizing the amount of harm I do (going vegan, minimizing environmental impact), but recently I’ve really struggled finding a difference between not actively doing harm and preventing harm.
If this difference, that I always intuitevely thought was there, doesn’t exist I don’t know how I can justify not working 80 hour weeks and ever buying fancy stuff I don’t need. Of course you can make arguments to maintain some form of a social life and some other things being neccessary to maintain productivity over the long haul, but I think if you argue that that leads to anything close to a normal life you are being disingenuous.
I am still new to the community and have only gone to a couple of meetings, but it does not seem to me most people here are acutually completely commiting their life to helping others. I’d love to hear your reasoning for that, because I don’t want to have to do that either, lol.
[Question] How can I justify not dedicating my life to helping others?
I’ve spent the last year or so minimizing the amount of harm I do (going vegan, minimizing environmental impact), but recently I’ve really struggled finding a difference between not actively doing harm and preventing harm.
If this difference, that I always intuitevely thought was there, doesn’t exist I don’t know how I can justify not working 80 hour weeks and ever buying fancy stuff I don’t need. Of course you can make arguments to maintain some form of a social life and some other things being neccessary to maintain productivity over the long haul, but I think if you argue that that leads to anything close to a normal life you are being disingenuous.
I am still new to the community and have only gone to a couple of meetings, but it does not seem to me most people here are acutually completely commiting their life to helping others. I’d love to hear your reasoning for that, because I don’t want to have to do that either, lol.