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How Do You Live a Happier Life? Notice What Was There All Along
Reacquaint yourself with the good things in life by taking the time to appreciate them—and yes, it’s OK to rush through the bad stuff.
The answer lies in this wonderful quote by the economist Tibor Scitovsky: “Pleasure results from incomplete and intermittent satisfaction of desires.” Research shows that people suffer less if they must listen to an unpleasant noise (like the sound of a hoover) continually than if they take breaks. What about the aspects of your life you suspect may be inducing stress and anxiety, but you cannot really tell how much they are affecting you because they are always there, so you do not attempt to change them?
Or read this on Wired