Life is filled with games: Get good grades game, Get a good job game, Get a good partner game.
These games are multiplayer and you’re competing with other people
There are also single-player games such as meditation
If there’s a game you’re winning at, but it’s making you miserable, then you should probably quit that game
In life, you want to choose your games very carefully so you aren’t playing games you don’t care about. The reason to win the game is to be free of it.
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