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Happy people live secure in the knowledge that the activities that bring them enjoyment in the present will also lead to a fulfilling future.
Need present and future benefit - prioritise activities w pleasure and purpose
The primary purpose of having a goal—a future purpose—is to enhance enjoyment of the present.
when in pursuit of goals that are both pleasurable and meaningful, that yield both present and future benefit, we are enlivening time rather than killing time.
Happiness is not merely contingent on what we do or where we are but on what we choose to perceive. There are people who are unhappy regardless of the work they do or the relationship they are in, and yet they continuously fool themselves into thinking that an external makeover will affect them internally.
Short of a life-changing move, one way of enhancing the quality of our lives is to introduce new activities that are meaningful and pleasurable and that we are good at.
mine what we are already doing for the ultimate currency. And we usually do not need to dig very deep to find the treasure.
