These are the recommendations from Authentic Happiness, Dr. Seligman's book for truly increasing fleeting pleasures and finding those gratifying projects that add true value to your life. To find out more visit his web site.
Authentic Happiness
To keep pleasure in a balanced place in our lives and leave more time for the gratifying endeavors we want to pursue try these exercises.
Spread out your pleasurable experiences
Find the spacing that keeps the pleasure freshest and eliminates habituation
Bring deliberate conscious attention to the experience of pleasure
Share and discuss pleasures with others to create memories
Focus total attention on the present pleasure without distractions
To choose gratifying activities you can look for activities in many walks of life. What they have in common are:
Challenge and skill required
Concentration
Clear goals
Immediate feedback
Deep, effortless involvement
Sense of control
Sense of self disappears
Time stops
Not easy to follow these recommendations but definitly worth the effort!!! Caio!
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