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In what ways have you increased your happiness by reducing your expectations?

3 pointsby good_vibesalmost 8 years ago

3 comments

rajeshmralmost 8 years ago
Happiness is a strange pursuit. The more you seek it, the more it eludes.<p>- Focus rather on your priorities. In your life, there are different pivotal moments where your priorities change. Clearly seeing your priorities and addressing them could bring your happiness.<p>- The &quot;i can achieve more&quot; attitude is doing more harm than good, in my opinion. &quot;More&quot; is a never ending game - you will be forever stuck in that game - and worse, its a game of madness and insanity.<p>- Read the 4-burner theory. It might give you some leads.<p>- The amount of time you have is limited - so you have to allocate your resources - time and attention - to the stuff you value most.<p>- Understand that you cannot experience everything in life - this is where you borrow knowledge through elders &#x2F; books etc.<p>- Get off the social media showoff madness - how can a human being pivot and amplify one emotion (happiness) at the ignorance of other emotions ? You only see the good side on social media - showoffs broadcasting all the time. A human being is multi-layered and pain and sadness are part of life - accept this.<p>- Find your sensible median - what do i mean by this ? i have struggled with this question myself, but i could give you leads - there is something that we value most and there is a need to produce value to survive - if you can find that balance, then sure you will find happiness.<p>- I could add more, but it would lead to a philosophical discussion.. i hope the above pointers give you some leads.. i sincerely wish each human being find happiness - if i could add one thing before i submit - Place integrity &amp; character as your highest ideal - find people with high integrity &amp; character and surround yourself with them - this will have a good effect on your happiness. Cynicism never takes anyone far, and the world we are surrounded with - the online media is full of cynics and skepticists.
dialupmodemalmost 8 years ago
Realizing that I don&#x27;t have to be (or even want to be) a talking head in the industry.<p>Realizing that I don&#x27;t have to build a following to be extremely happy, and that contrary to popular opinion, living a small life is much more desirable.
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bad_vibesalmost 8 years ago
Hey there &quot;good_vibes&quot;, yesterday you posted a question and replaced it with a dot and it got flagged. Why do you do such things? You give me bad vibes, hence my user name.
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