iii@mander.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoHow do you recognise the difference between a need and a desire?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareHow do you recognise the difference between a need and a desire?iii@mander.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoThose two are rather different, but a rule of thumb could be… a need, as the word implies, is necessary, to keep going or to achieve something else. A desire would be nice but you can live without it.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-223 days ago to keep going or to achieve something else I feel like this is a Matryoshka answer? At least for me the difference isn’t as clear as you claim it is. How do you know whether the thing you want to achieve, or the things you want to keep on going, is a need or a desire? (I guess I just woke up with monday morning existential dread haha.)
Those two are rather different, but a rule of thumb could be… a need, as the word implies, is necessary, to keep going or to achieve something else. A desire would be nice but you can live without it.
I feel like this is a Matryoshka answer? At least for me the difference isn’t as clear as you claim it is.
How do you know whether the thing you want to achieve, or the things you want to keep on going, is a need or a desire?
(I guess I just woke up with monday morning existential dread haha.)