Why bother? Most of us spend much of our lives trying to arrange things so that we feel happier and more contented with our lives - and often we feel stuck or frustrated. We never ask ourselves how we could feel worse. But doing so can illuminate a road that runs in both directions. By understanding how we could lower our mood, we can often see more clearly how to raise it.
- Spend time with my ex-husband.
- Overwhelm myself with tasks I can't fulfill, or commit to a mundane project.
- Spend too much money.
- Have only negative thoughts.
- Do nothing; be inactive.
- Get no sleep and eat crappy food.
- Don't do what I want.
- Become too emotional.
- Care too much what others think of me.
- Drink all night long.
- Go to a party with teenagers.
- Spend time with very young children.
- Not being able to do what makes me who I am.
- Not being able to see my friends.
- Not cooking for myself and not having my small glass of wine when I want.
- Live in the street.
- Sleep for an hour a day.
- Not talking with anybody.
- Constantly live in isolation.
- Always focus on feeling persecuted.
- Talk negatively to myself.
- Do the same things every day with no ultimate goals.
- Have no emotional involvement with anyone.
- Make no progress toward my goals.
- Alienate myself from others and become socially isolated.
- Gain weight.
- Become ill and unable to have free movement.
- Don't go to my parents' for dinner.
- Don't read.
- Don't go to dinner with my meetup group.
What about you? If you could change only three things in the quest for unhappiness, what would YOU do?
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