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    Goethe was asked if he had a happy life and said yes, but that he didn't remember a single happy week. He believed true happiness comes from overcoming unhappiness, not from an endless stream of pleasures. Bauman echoed this view, saying life is a long struggle where resolving one problem leads to another with often unpleasant side effects. Goethe's worst nightmare was an endless row of sunny days due to the resulting boredom and lack of purpose that comes without challenges to overcome.

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    Goethe was asked if he had a happy life and said yes, but that he didn't remember a single happy week. He believed true happiness comes from overcoming unhappiness, not from an endless stream of pleasures. Bauman echoed this view, saying life is a long struggle where resolving one problem leads to another with often unpleasant side effects. Goethe's worst nightmare was an endless row of sunny days due to the resulting boredom and lack of purpose that comes without challenges to overcome.

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    Goethe was asked if he had a happy life and said yes, but that he didn't remember a single happy week. He believed true happiness comes from overcoming unhappiness, not from an endless stream of pleasures. Bauman echoed this view, saying life is a long struggle where resolving one problem leads to another with often unpleasant side effects. Goethe's worst nightmare was an endless row of sunny days due to the resulting boredom and lack of purpose that comes without challenges to overcome.

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    Goethe was asked if he had a happy life, and his answer was:

    - Yes! I had a very very happy life, but - He added immediately


    - I don't remember a single happy week.

    Interview to Wolfgang Goethe

    "Happiness isn't an uninterrupted row of better and better pleasures, happiness is in overcoming
    unhappiness... Dont think about life as a collection of gifts, picked up from the unlimited
    container of pleasurable items. Think about life as a long struggle, you resolve one trouble comes
    another, and the side effects are very often unpleasant"

    Zygmunt Bauman

    "My worst nightmare is a long, long row of sunny days. Because that isn't happiness, but boredom,
    lack of excitement, lack of purpose to pursue, to fight for"

    Wolfgang Goethe
    Zygmunt Bauman

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