Questionnaire: What is the Good Life?
What should not be missing in any good life?
Friends, Family and the absence of illness.
In the film Being John Malkovich , the protagonist discovers by incident a secret entrance to the head of the actor John Malkovich. In whose head would you like to be for a day?
In the mind of an evil politician who is hungry for power and inconsiderate of their nation’s needs, to be able to grasp what urges them to act this way.
What is a perfect day for you?
A day that makes me lose track of time and go to bed feeling fulfilled and loved.
Where / in which places does one find a good or better life?
In places which give one rest, where one can trust the person(s) surrounding them, although it can also be places which challenge one to become a better version of themselves.
What is a good book / reading for you?
A book which urges me to think about the contents actively and maybe even compare it to my own life/ certain situation in my life.
What does it need to say at the end of your life that it was a good life?
That one has felt love and loved as well.
How must someone live or have lived so that you can consider him or her as a role model of the good life?
Someone who sets boundaries and keeps working on themselves every day to become a better version of themselves, without hurting other people or becoming selfish.
Which role does working / the job ply for a good life?
The job that one is working as is done better if they do it with a passion for their profession and due to that may even feel less like work. One should try to get a job in a field that interests them and which they thrive for. Jobs that people have passion for are done better than the ones people cannot identify themselves with.
The end of the the Sonnet “Archaic Torso of Apollo” by the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke reads, “You must change your life.” Which book has inspired you for which reasons to say that it might be a good idea to change your life?
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara; 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
If you had to design your own gravestone, classical or plurimedial: What should be written on it?
(Hopefully) that everyone around me knew how important they were to me because I continuously showed them.
The day of your retirement / pension has arrived. Name five things that you would then take in your hand to consider your life rounded
- Spending more time with family
- Spending more time with friends
- Trying something new every day like learning a language
- Staying physically active and healthy
- Maintaining a hobby
How much space does pain have in a good life?
A lot, since where there is a lot of love in a fulfilled life, there is always a lot of pain and getting hurt.
How would the dealing with time have to change to improve your life sustainably?
I do not know the answer to this one yet.
How many and which friends does one need for a good life?
The one who remain throughout different stages of life that you do not need to talk to every day in order to know that they are there.