I think that should be a goal for me this year. Any tips?
Aspire to be single. Whenever you see something interesting and worth talking about, don't share it with anyone. If you don't want to do this, then why would you really want to be more hedonistic ?
If it makes you unhappy to have less interactions with others, then don't come accross as self absorbed.
I feel I am mostly motivated by avoidance of suffering. But I should aspire for happiness instead?
Like everything I do is to evade future suffering, I constantly try to eradicate my weaknesses, traumas etc. But the sole motivation is that I don't want to suffer. I feel like most people are less motivated by avoidance of suffering and more motivated by gaining happiness. How to change this? It seems to be a more positive view of the world and ones own capacity?
Develop your sense of entitlement
What if tomorrow, all the money, food, women, experiences, adventures, thrills were yours and belonged to you? How would you act? What would you do to get em?
The way I approach life is that this is my own RPG and everything is for me to enjoy, and nobody can tell me that I can't have what I want.