This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2013, the most important contributor to happiness,

according to science, by Jay Harrington of LifeAndWim.com,

and I'm just a molecule personal narrator reading to you every day, including holidays,

from the best blogs or articles I can find. And without further ado, let's get right to our next

article and continue optimizing your life. The most important contributor to happiness,

according to science, by Jay Harrington of LifeAndWim.com.

In the summer of 2017, I spent months in a state of inaction, wrestling with myself about a

problem-mouse-facing. I had an idea for a book I wanted to write, but I was worried that a publisher

wouldn't be interested in it. I wrote and rewrote book proposals, research literary agents,

and weighed pros and cons. I was worried that the book wouldn't be good enough.

I feared being rejected by the traditional publishing industry.

Around Labor Day, Anna Piffany and came to a resolution. Just write the book.

After all, how was I to know whether the book was good enough until there was an actual book

in existence to judge? Six months later, the book was published. But I didn't go the traditional

publishing route. Shortly after I started to write the book, I decided to self-publish.

With action, the right decision became clear. I wasn't going to put my dream into someone else's

hands. I didn't want a relinquished creative control to a gatekeeper. I decided to succeed or fail

on my own terms. By assuming control, the weight of the anxiety I was feeling lifted,

the inertia of inaction eased and was replaced by the joy of autonomy.

The Happiness of Freedom. R's is a happiness obsessed culture. By and large, this is a good thing.

We should optimize for happiness. Problems arise, however, when we fail to understand from where true

happiness derives. For example, before making the decision to self-publish my book, I was unhappy

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