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What works for me is to always give myself something to look forward to...
Even if it's something as simple as the weekend.
Even if it's something as simple as the weekend.
I'm no philosopher or anything, but in my experience I find that I'm happiest when I have everything that I need and only some of the things I want.
There's other stuff that contributes as well, but it's just something I've noticed.
There's other stuff that contributes as well, but it's just something I've noticed.
Masturbation.
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Not caring about things.
Seriously.
Seriously.
Sodomizing small animals
Does that include piglets, ponies, bronies, and furries?
I don't like forcing myself to smile because it feels fake, I'm not good at smiling when I don't feel like it, and that bothers me.
It's kinda like how I don't like family gatherings. I have to wander around and everyone is asking me "how are you doing?". So I have to give some bullshit answer and say "oh, great, how about you?" It's like six hours of being fake to a group of people I barely know.
I want to tell them, "y'know, if you really want to know the truth, yeah, nah, my life isn't going that well. I feel like shit. How about you?"
(Now, the truth is that my life is going pretty great now, but still, that's how family gatherings are for me.)
I get what you mean, but smiling when you're not happy is actually one of those little ways to trick your body. Just google "smiling when not happy" to find the studies done about it.
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Happiness is something gained from a lot of different things, and I think there's differing levels of happiness. You can't be on some awesome epic plateau, because then that just becomes normal, you become complacent with it, and then strive for more (therefore not making you happy).
There are little things that make your day, that give a little blip of happiness. There's things like having a good job, having purpose to your life, having friends you enjoy the company of - they all add to the general happiness levels of peoples.
But to me happiness has always been something you have to work for. Life is more fun when it's trying to screw you over and the satisfaction of it all working out after.
A really lame example is like when my PC died. I had not realised just how used to it I was, I had kinda stopped appreciating it. But then it died, and everything sucked. But then it lived so everything was awesome again, and for some reason the "again" bit makes it just that bit better.
There are little things that make your day, that give a little blip of happiness. There's things like having a good job, having purpose to your life, having friends you enjoy the company of - they all add to the general happiness levels of peoples.
But to me happiness has always been something you have to work for. Life is more fun when it's trying to screw you over and the satisfaction of it all working out after.
A really lame example is like when my PC died. I had not realised just how used to it I was, I had kinda stopped appreciating it. But then it died, and everything sucked. But then it lived so everything was awesome again, and for some reason the "again" bit makes it just that bit better.
Yeah, I've heard about that. But I'm always worrying about if my forced smile looks fake or weird and doesn't even look like a smile. If it's not genuine, it just makes me paranoid.
Oh god, yeah, I know this. It's like the floor falls out from below you. You really do realize all the little unnoticed aspects of your life when they suddenly vanish.
I subscribe to the "hedonic treadmill" model.
The hedonic treadmill model stipulates that people have an equilibrium level of happiness that they always revert to over time. So for example, if you won the lottery, you'd be unbelievably happy for a while but you'll get used to your new money over time and end up as happy as you ever were. On the flip side, if you lost your sense of taste by some freak accident, you'd be miserable for a while but you'll eventually get used to it.
If you believe that the hedonic treadmill is an accurate model of happiness -- and my own experiences as well as my observance of other people seem to support it -- the implication is that "sustained" happiness consists of small but constant positive events. As an example, someone who accumulates $1M slowly but surely over ten years might be happier than someone who accumulates an equivalent amount as a lump sum, because the constant accumulation of wealth in smaller increments acts as a constant positive stimulus that keeps his level of happiness from reverting back to equilibrium. The guy who gets an equivalent amount as a lump sum gets a single but large boost to his happiness level, which then quickly reverts back to the equilibrium.
Sustainable happiness probably consists of finding some kind of long-term goal or purpose, and making constant progress towards it.
The hedonic treadmill model stipulates that people have an equilibrium level of happiness that they always revert to over time. So for example, if you won the lottery, you'd be unbelievably happy for a while but you'll get used to your new money over time and end up as happy as you ever were. On the flip side, if you lost your sense of taste by some freak accident, you'd be miserable for a while but you'll eventually get used to it.
If you believe that the hedonic treadmill is an accurate model of happiness -- and my own experiences as well as my observance of other people seem to support it -- the implication is that "sustained" happiness consists of small but constant positive events. As an example, someone who accumulates $1M slowly but surely over ten years might be happier than someone who accumulates an equivalent amount as a lump sum, because the constant accumulation of wealth in smaller increments acts as a constant positive stimulus that keeps his level of happiness from reverting back to equilibrium. The guy who gets an equivalent amount as a lump sum gets a single but large boost to his happiness level, which then quickly reverts back to the equilibrium.
Sustainable happiness probably consists of finding some kind of long-term goal or purpose, and making constant progress towards it.
From past experiences, I find myself the happiness when I'm on a job. Feels really good since everyone at my current Healthcare place accepts me for who I am. Also I feel quite happy being with close friends, my brother, and both dogs to see when I get home.
Lots of alcohol.
Step one: clean sheets, pillowcases, comforters, some underwear and towels
Step two: make bed & clean shower
Step three: shower and dry yourself with recently cleaned towel. (Bonus points of you're using new soap/shampoo. More bonus points if you shave your legs.)
Step four, put on clean underwear and lie in bed.
Simple things like that.
Step two: make bed & clean shower
Step three: shower and dry yourself with recently cleaned towel. (Bonus points of you're using new soap/shampoo. More bonus points if you shave your legs.)
Step four, put on clean underwear and lie in bed.
Simple things like that.
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