Everywhere There is a Dancing Floor
or the Ethical and the Aesthetical in Kierkegaard
Some time ago I wrote about the difference between being a maximiser and a satisficer.
In a nutshell:
1. happiness is a state only attainable in relation to the idealized version of ourselves. The closer I feel to that image of myself in the future — that self-projection — the happier I feel, and vice versa.
2. Maximizers conduct themselves thinking that only the perfect moment, only becoming his or her perfect self-projection, matters. A maximizer spends most of his or her time in the future, trying to attain that perfect self-projection.
Maximizers believe there is an end to their journey where everything will be aligned for the best, where their perfect self-projection will be aligned with reality.
3. Satisficers, on the other hand, only care about making the most of whatever comes to life, even if at times that might not coincide with their self-projection, the ideal self.
