Desire Vs. Dedication; Or, Motivation in Life Generally

Between action and enjoyment as ultimate ends

Jared Barlament
7 min readJan 31

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So I wrote something about halfway between an article and a word salad a few days (two weeks) ago about finding your life’s purpose in a world which seems set up to discourage the finding of any inspiration beyond people richer than ourselves.

But even the word “purpose” itself in a lot of people triggers ideas of capitalist hyper-productivity and the state of all-pervasive stress and burnout that so many millions suffer from today…

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Jared Barlament

Columbia University undergrad studying archaeology and philosophy. Writer trying to say something of interest every once in a while.