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When I say you’re not getting your joy back, I mean that you’re looking in the wrong direction. What brought you joy in the past might not be what brings you joy in the future. And looking to recreate the past holds the risk of speedrunning you right back to the present. So when you say that you now loathe what you used to love that might be your... See more
How to get your joy back
the more attention we need to pay to things outside of ourselves, the less time we have to dwell on the monsters inside our heads
This visual trick from @hubermanlab has changed my life in the simplest and subtlest way: https://t.co/Qjk0bZ8wz8
The longest running study on happiness:
Harvard's 84 year old Study of Adult Development.
Here are 7 lessons from the study to help you live a happier life:
usernametwitter.com
In my experience there are really two things that lead to happiness and everything else is mostly noise. The two things are contribution and abundance. Contribution is basically exactly as it sounds. If you can align your life with where you have the talent to make a large, meaningful, and real contribution to the world, your circle, or your... See more
Ben Horowitz • The Architecture of Tomorrow: An Interview With Ben Horowitz
“human beings need three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at what they do; they need to feel authentic in their lives; and they need to feel connected to others. These values are considered "intrinsic" to human happiness and far outweigh "extrinsic" values such as beauty, money and status.”
Sebastian Junger • Tribe — Sebastian Junger
We Should Be Measuring Well-Being Catalysis, Not (trying and largely failing to measure) Economic Productivity
Ben Goertzelbengoertzel.substack.com