Ukugqugquzela kudlala indima ebalulekile ezimpilweni zethu, kodwa yini ngempela esiyaziyo ngakho? Siyaqonda ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani? Ngokuvamile kucatshangwa ukuthi sishukunyiswa ithuba lokuthola uhlobo oluthile lomvuzo wangaphandle noma lokuzuza abanye. Eqinisweni, yonke into izacile kakhulu futhi iyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. NgoSuku Lwabasebenzi, sithola ukuthi yini eyenza imisebenzi yethu ibe nencazelo.
Yini esishukumisela ukuba siphishekele imigomo enzima, eyingozi, futhi okungase kube buhlungu ukuyifinyelela? Singajabulela ukuphila sihlezi ogwini futhi siphuze ama-mojito, futhi uma singachitha usuku ngalunye kanje, besiyohlale sijabule. Kodwa nakuba ngezinye izikhathi kuhle ukunikela izinsuku ezimbalwa ku-hedonism, angikwazi ukucabanga ukuthi uzokwaneliseka ngezinsuku zakho zokuchitha ukuphila, amasonto, izinyanga, iminyaka, noma ngisho nokuphila kwakho konke ngale ndlela. I-hedonism engapheli ngeke ilethe ukwaneliseka.
Ucwaningo oluye lwahlola izinkinga zenjabulo nenjongo yokuphila luye lwabonisa ukuthi lokho okwenza ukuphila kwethu kube nenjongo akusilethi injabulo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Abantu abathi ukuphila kwabo kunenjongo ngokuvamile banesithakazelo esikhulu ekusizeni abanye kunokuba bazifunele injabulo.
Kodwa labo abazinakekelayo kuqala bavame ukujabula kancane.
Yiqiniso, incazelo ingumqondo ongacacile, kodwa izici zayo eziyinhloko zingahlukaniswa: umuzwa wokuthi uphilela okuthile, impilo yakho inenani futhi ishintsha umhlaba ube ngcono. Konke kubilisa ekuzizweni sengathi uyingxenye yento enkulu kunawe.
UFriedrich Nietzsche wagomela ngokuthi zonke izinto ezibaluleke kakhulu nezibaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni sizithola emzabalazweni nobunzima nokunqoba izithiyo. Sonke siyabazi abantu abathola injongo ejulile yokuphila, ngisho nasezimweni ezimbi kakhulu. Umngane wami oyivolontiya endaweni yokunakekela abagulayo futhi ubelokhu esekela abantu ekupheleni kwezimpilo zabo iminyaka eminingi. “Lokhu kuphambene nokuzalwa. Ngiyajabula ukuthi ngithole ithuba lokubasiza bangene kulowo mnyango,” kusho yena.
Amanye amavolontiya ageza into enamathelayo ezinyonini ngemva kokuchitheka kukawoyela. Abantu abaningi bachitha ingxenye yokuphila kwabo ezindaweni eziyingozi zempi, bezama ukusindisa izakhamuzi ezifweni nasekufeni, noma befundisa izintandane ukufunda.
Banobunzima ngempela, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo babona incazelo ejulile kulokho abakwenzayo.
Ngesibonelo sabo, babonisa indlela isidingo sethu esijulile sokukholelwa ukuthi injongo yemisebenzi yethu ayilinganiselwe emikhawulweni yokuphila kwethu siqu kungasenza sisebenze kanzima size sidele ukunethezeka nenhlalakahle yethu.
Ukucatshangelwa okunjalo okubonakala kuyinqaba nokungenangqondo kusishukumisela ukuba senze imisebenzi eyinkimbinkimbi nengemnandi. Akukhona nje ukusiza abaswele. Lesi sikhuthazo sikhona kuzo zonke izici zokuphila kwethu: ebudlelwaneni nabanye, umsebenzi, esizilibazisa ngakho kanye nezithakazelo zethu.
Iqiniso liwukuthi ugqozi ngokuvamile lusebenza isikhathi eside, ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nangaphezu kwempilo yethu. Ekujuleni kwenhliziyo, kubaluleke kakhulu kithi ukuthi ukuphila nezenzo zethu zibe nenjongo. Lokhu kubaluleka ikakhulukazi uma sesiqaphela ukufa kwethu, futhi noma sifuna incazelo kufanele sidlule kuyo yonke imibuthano yesihogo, sizodlula kuyo futhi kule nqubo siyozwa ukwaneliseka kwangempela ngempilo.
Mayelana nombhali: UDan Ariely unguprofesa wezengqondo eDuke University futhi ungumbhali othengisa kakhulu we-Predictable Irrationality, Behavioral Economics, kanye neQiniso Lonke Mayelana Namanga.