Hedonism, the pursuit of sensate pleasure is not bad or wrong in itself.
The fine art of living includes a goodly measure of self pampering and some indulgences, infact, more people suffer from repressed guilt and failure to enjoy themselves.
Hedonism only becomes a problem when it effects ones health or violates others.
We all have pleasure centers in our brains, and the pursuit of pleasurable experience is part of the human animals condition.
Certain personality styles are also prone to more hedonistic drives than certain others.
I test as a # 7 ” The Enthusiast/Epicure” on the Enneagram personality profiling, or the Sanguine temperment. We are among the most likely to have big appetites for everything in life and our corresponding “sin” is gluttony.
I have to work hard to not over indulge at times, I am of the mindset that if something is good, just kill me with it. lol
I do have to exercise discipline on a regular basis, however, I would rather cope with curbing my indulgences based on a gregarious and expansive personality style than to be the opposite, dull, lifeless, lacking in passion and creativity with no “appetite” for life.
As always it is about balance, but, I’ll take my hedonistic streak over listless and lifeless any day of the week.