(12-17-2022, 01:22 AM)Bignoise Wrote: I’ve thinking a lot about Maverick or DMSI. I just came to a realization that I just want to write in text so I don’t forget it:
Choosing between Maverick or DMSI is choosing if you want to be happy because of your self realization or because the validations of others.
Change my mind! ?
Not necessarily. There could be many different underlying reasons anyone chooses either. For example my motivation for choosing Maverick over DMSI (I probably won’t be running either anytime soon) is that in the long run Maverick aligns with my goal of becoming my greatest version. I want to become my greatest version because it’s the most efficient and effective goal for the life I want and any other goal I could think of was either temporary, not as fulfilling, or could be achieved by pursuing this one goal anyways.
My main motivation for choosing DMSI over Maverick wouldn’t just be the validation of others. It would be sex. My underlying desires for that are complex and I don’t fully understand them myself, but to oversimplify, my desire for sex comes from the need for intimacy, the desire to cope with pain by pursuing pleasure, and various other motivations I either don’t fully understand, or just can’t think of right now. There are other motivations, including the desire for validation I’m sure, but to say my desire for DMSI and for sex could be boiled down to validation seeking would be oversimplifying my motivations.
Hopefully my perspective helps.
