5 Rules for a Miserable Life

What if the easiest way to understand happiness is to study how we make ourselves miserable?

Inspired by Charlie Munger's idea of inversion, I explore five habits that make life harder, from postponing happiness and believing every thought to fearing failure and refusing to become a beginner again.

Along the way, I share a few lessons from my own life, including some habits I'm still trying to understand.

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Referennces & Further Reading

1. Charlie Munger, “How to Guarantee a Life of Misery” (1986) Munger's commencement address at the Harvard School in Los Angeles, inspired by Johnny Carson's prescriptions for misery. Read here: https://fs.blog/great-talks/guarantee-life-misery-charlie-munger/

2. Philip Brickman and Donald T. Campbell, “Hedonic Relativism and Planning the Good Society” (1971) Foundational work on hedonic adaptation and why improvements in circumstances may not produce lasting increases in happiness. https://www.scribd.com/document/1062772825/Hedonic-Relativism-and-Planning-the-Good-Society

3. Steven C. Hayes, A Liberated Mind (2019) Explores psychological flexibility, cognitive fusion, and our relationship with difficult thoughts. https://amzn.in/d/0d9cMQHB

4. Martin E. P. Seligman, Learned Optimism (1990) Examines explanatory styles and how our interpretations of setbacks influence emotional well-being. https://amzn.in/d/0fABMc4I Receive SMS online on sms24.me

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