[manmal]

Your philosophy sounds to me like the Golden Mean from Aristoteles: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_mean_(philosophy)

> The golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency.

(I do realize the irony of answering such to someone who just declared they don’t find philosophies useful)

[Thorentis]

I've invariably found that most people who say they don't find philosophy useful, subscribe to a philosophy somebody already described at some point in history. Most people at some point in their lives think they're terribly unique, and then realise they are quite the opposite.

[jfengel]

It's a lot like code. Is it faster for you to invent it yourself, or re-use somebody else's.

It's not surprising that somebody else thought of that philosophy before. The question is, did they think of it any better? Do they have anything useful to add over what you came up with?

[watwut]

He is not saying he is unique. He is saying that he don't find value in studying philosophy or what someone long ago says about how he should live.

That is not nearly the same as thinking you are terribly unique.

[mkane848]

I don't think that's what OP is doing at all, you're just setting up a dunk for yourself. Congrats on saying "Simpsons did it".

[trabant00]

Moderation, avoiding extremes, yin and yang etc are core ideas in a lot of philosophies. I am well aware of that.

While I can not be completely exhaustive in HN comment, I did point out that my issue is with having a philosophy that predetermines in a generalized way where that golden middle way is. And the difference between seeing it in hindsight and trying to predict it.

I do not find philosophies useless, just not recipes for living your life like the author of the article tries.