"Arranging your life around what you like" does not mean mindlessly overdosing on some activity. Essentially this piece is about a somewhat higher than average level of self-awareness.<p>The problem is, by constantly avoiding unpleasant things, one might lead a semi-happy life, but there is a downside: this way a large part of possible outcomes becomes simply unreachable. (There ARE outcomes, which can not be reached without considerable amount of unpleasantness.)<p>One might argue, such (hard to reach) outcomes worth more (= bring more happiness).<p>This is the real question here.