What Makes You Happy

Beautiful post by Morgan Housel on chasing happiness vs contentment.

“When you realize how powerful expectations are, you put as much effort into keeping them low as you do into improving your circumstances.”

Being mindful about not letting your expectations run wild forcing you to do things that will eventually lead to disappointments is a real superpower.

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While short term happiness may be derived from the contrast, long term and lasting happiness is an inside job alone.

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