So often, she says, we see the task of living well in a negative, self-punishing way: “I should be exercising more!” “I have to be the most mindful yogi ever!” “I have to eat perfectly vegan every second of the day!” “We take basically good ideas and turn them into something with which to self-flagellate,” said Asia. But the driver and the woman in the Uber story “both showed this ability to take that moment when you could have both been embarrassed or grumpy or angry and instead find it hilarious and lovable and adorable.” You could say this attitude comes down to the old cliché about
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