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Happiness is a skill, you must practice it.
The negativity bias tells us that for experiences of equal intensity the negative ones will have a greater effect on our psychological state than the positive ones. For example, we prefer not to lose $10 than gain $10 because the potential negative emotions related to the loss are greater than the potential positive feelings related to the win.
This means that the odds are against you. You must make a conscious effort to keep yourself from falling into negativity.
One way to practice the skill of happiness is through inversion. Whenever you catch yourself in negativity, immediately think, "what's the positive interpretation of this?" There's always something to be gained from any situation. And besides, resentment and self-pity won't improve any situation, no matter how difficult.
Another practice is to create a purpose or life task. Humans are driven by vision and goals. If we don't have a direction in life, we fall into misery because we don't see the consequences of our actions. There is no intrinsic meaning to life, therefore, you must create it. Goals give us meaning.
The next thing that can make you happier is realizing that you're gonna die. You’re born, you have a set of sensory experiences, and then you die. How you choose to interpret those experiences is up to you, and different people interpret them in different ways. (change here this transition) This life is the only one that you'll have. You must experience it as fully as possible. So if you spend time not doing what you want, learning, or making money, then wtf are you doing?
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