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How to Count Times Left to Find Joy in Your Life

LZ Granderson: It's good that we adapt in the face of negative experiences and activities because it makes us more resilient. But bad when we adapt to the good stuff because we stop noticing, he says. He shares a couple of exercises or strategies to help offset hedonic adaptation so that we do continue to find joy in our joys in life. LZ: In counting times left, first identify this activity that brings you joy. Then calculate how many times have you done this in your life thus far? And then the last step in this exercise is calculate of your total times what percentage do you have left?

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