A Life Avoiding Pain for Writing

People can suffer from torment due to a single pain, even if they have ten happy things. I also had something I really disliked, and when I removed it from my life, my life became truly peaceful.

Everything remains the same, but removing just one thing makes me feel relieved and happier than before.

I hesitated whether to eliminate it from my life or not, but it caused too much stress in my writing, so I decisively removed it. Indeed, anything that hinders writing should be decisively removed from one's life.

▶ We should not pursue ten joys but avoid one suffering.The core of this passive happiness theory is to minimize the cause of suffering. That is, instead of actively pursuing pleasure, reducing suffering is the way to happiness. Especially regarding health, there is no need to mention that preventing illness is more important than pursuing pleasure.

-Kang Yong-su, Schopenhauer for the Forties, Yunobooks