Recently, I took a course on the science of happiness, and I was re-introduced to the idea of learning to be happy with what you’ve got. While I believe this to be intuitively a good thing, in practice, I find it hard to do. I know for certain, it is difficult for others as well. Consciously practicing gratitude is one way to learn to be happy with what you’ve got. Living in a materialist society often makes people endlessly seeking to have the new gadget or whatever. What made you very happy last year, now makes you unhappy because the newer model just came out or whatever. Endlessly keeping up with the Joneses is something which can make everyone unhappy. So, let’s discuss how to learn to be happy with what you’ve already got.
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