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Happiness Is A Skill (How To Get Out Of A Rut)

The Koe Cast

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The New Age Positivity Movement

Happiness is a skill. It is not given, but it is created. And as with all skills, it must be refined, practiced, and adopted as a part of your life. When we try to isolate and sustain and make sense of this thing called happiness, it ceases to make sense because it can't make sense without an unhappy reference point. I wouldn't be able to set a goal for the future without having a previous experience like breaking up with my girlfriend in Costa Rica and wasting a lot of money and having to fly back. This illustrates the problem with the new age positivity movement. You can think positive thoughts all day long, but what people fail to realize is that every

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