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How to Build a Happy Life: Know That You Know Nothing
How to Know What’s Real
Take Pictures on Vacation
Take a look at the science behind why people like to take pictures on vacation. Research shows that taking photos of highly pleasurable experiences for the future will lower your enjoyment of the experience away. Most likely, you're taking these pictures because you're anticipating future enjoyment of the past. By 16%. Is that what you're anticipating? Lowering your enjoyment of your pleasurable experiences and your vacation by a pretty non trivial amount. You're thinking about other people more than the enjoyment that you yourself are getting. It's taking away from your ability to be living right here, right now now. Anything can be made exciting if we put our minds to it.
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