[kcrx]

I like this a lot. I’ve struggled with… let’s call it unhappiness a lot in my life. I spent years trying to work through deep emotional things intellectually, but the things that really got me on the right track were:

1. Sleeping 8 hours a day 2. Eating less processed foods & more fruits and vegetables 3. Walking

Simple things, and they all took time to turn into habits, but better health/more energy eventually made everything else so much easier.

[kordlessagain]

Maybe learning what kills happiness (reference to that post on how to kill pilots) leads to happiness?

[q_andrew]

7 ways to maximize misery (one of the more useful CGP Grey videos) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1mTELoj6o

[kcrx]

I’m going to borrow that way of thinking about it. Removing obstacles, letting go, etc.

[pdimitar]

That's the way to go. Very often if we are asked "What do you want?" we can't give a good answer, whereas "What do you dislike / hate?" almost always gets an instant answer.

In this regard I just succumbed to this brain quirk so I prefer to find 5 things this month that irk me and do my best to remove them from my life, as opposed to meditating hours every day trying to find those 3-4 ultimate things that will instantly make me happy.

Better chase the mouse in your feet than to try and find the elephant beyond the horizon.