I mean actions that feel like ends unto themselves. I am speaking of the stuff you wish you were doing when you’re doing boring stuff, the things you do in your free time just because they are fun, the actions you don’t need to justify.
If I’m hungry, eating feels like an end unto itself. Once I’m full, not eating feels like an end unto itself. If I’m bored doing a task, doing something else feels like an end unto itself, until I’ve worked on a new task enough to be bored. All my values seem to need justification to an extent, and labeling any of them as terminal values seems to cause significant cognitive dissonance at some point in time.
If I’m hungry, eating feels like an end unto itself. Once I’m full, not eating feels like an end unto itself. If I’m bored doing a task, doing something else feels like an end unto itself, until I’ve worked on a new task enough to be bored. All my values seem to need justification to an extent, and labeling any of them as terminal values seems to cause significant cognitive dissonance at some point in time.