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Description
Buzz Aldrin spent 21 hours on the moon and the next decade fighting depression and alcoholism. Some goals give you a high and fade. Others make each ordinary day better after you reach them.
Featuring: Buzz Aldrin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Pete Adeney
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Chapters:
(00:00) Goals that fade after the high
(00:23) Buzz Aldrin after the moon
(00:48) The hedonic treadmill
(00:57) Vanity Goals and Sanity Goals
(01:29) Financial independence and Mr. Money Mustache
(01:48) Two lists of goals
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