You didn’t waste it

"I wasted my day today."

Have you ever ended your workday by saying these words to yourself?

Let's dig into this.

You feel that you wasted your day because you're comparing yourself to Old Happy standards that tell you that happiness comes from being productive, achieving more and more, and winning in life's competition. We've been told these things will make us happy — so we make them our priority. Unfortunately, they don't make us happy, and their never-ending hunger for more more more leaves us constantly sprinting towards the next achievement.

It's time to start evaluating our days by a new standard.

For, if you look at it from a different perspective, you might be able to see something surprising: you did not waste this day.

You didn't waste it
The New Happy
 

 
New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong by Stephanie Harrison

The Definitive Guide to Happiness

A groundbreaking new approach based on a decade’s worth of research and brought to life with beautiful artwork, New Happy shows you the proven path to happiness.

 
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