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No doubt you're right. I suppose it's the dilemma of our time. Sure, we have easy lives, but are they too easy? Are we lacking the satisfaction of honest work, of struggle and survival?

And I'm not really complaining about that--it's just that it's almost all I do. No output, at least not recently. No projects or hobbies, and a conspicuous lacking of real, valuable relationships.

Put another way, I need to get out more.
And that was hardly dumb. Basic, maybe.