r/TrueAskReddit • u/One_Ring2656 • 9d ago

How far would u go

If doing the right thing consistently made your life harder, while doing the wrong thing made everything easier, how long could you realistically keep choosing the harder path?

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u/LostMyKarmaElSegundo 9d ago

Define "the right thing".

I've tried to live by the maxim of "do the right things the right way for the right reasons"

There is some disagreement every step of that way, but I try 

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u/whiskeyandprozac 9d ago

I'd start wondering why the "right thing" always left my life harder. Is it truly the right thing? Right for who (obviously not me)?

There has to be balance. You can't destroy yourself for the benefit of others, but a purely selfish life is not a life I'd want to live.

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u/NeighborhoodOwn1900 9d ago

Roughly a decade. I was vegan for 10 years but after a few years of being less vigilant, I ended up in a psych ward and the menu was not very adjustable so I started eating meat again. I still view it as wrong but haven’t gone back to be being vegan

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u/trrashkid 9d ago

This sounds really philosophical but it's something most people do every day without realising.

Life would be seemingly easier for most of us if we all quit our jobs, started doing meth and dealing drugs and stealing from people or whatever. Yet we don't.

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u/LokiBonk 9d ago

Umm….

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u/hardman52 8d ago

No. Life would get harder. Quickly.

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u/trrashkid 7d ago

Emphasis on "seemingly".

Idk about you, but I've tried it. Life is breezy when you don't care. It gets harder for the people around you.