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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

320: A Guide to Practical Contentment - Part 2 by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2016

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Leo Babauta created Zen Habits, which is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness. Episode 320: A Guide to Practical Contentment - Part 2 by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits (Recovery from Trying to be Happy All the Time). The original post is located here: https://zenhabits.net/contentment Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:08.6

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0:14.4

So next time you find yourself staring at the ceiling,

0:16.9

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0:22.0

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0:32.5

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 320, a guide to practical contentment,

0:37.4

part 2 by LeoBabod of ZenHapids.net. And I'm Justin Mollick, your host and very own personal

0:43.0

narrator for all things related to optimizing your life. And today's a continuation post from

0:48.0

yesterday. I read half of this post in Episode 319, and I'll be wrapping it up today,

0:53.4

so you'll probably want to hear yesterday's episode first before listening to this one.

0:57.5

And without all the way, let's continue to read and optimize your life.

1:05.2

A guide to practical contentment, part 2 by LeoBabod of ZenHapids.net.

1:10.7

Changing habits and contentment. Before we get to the practical steps,

1:14.9

let's talk about contentment and change. Many people think that if you're content,

1:19.2

you're just going to lay on a beach doing nothing all day. Why do you do anything if you

1:22.5

content with the way things are? But actually, contentment is a way better place to start making

1:27.1

changes than unhappiness with who you are. Most of us are driven by the need or desire to improve

1:32.4

ourselves to fix certain things about ourselves that we don't like. And while that can definitely

1:36.6

be a place for driving some changes, it's not a good place to start from with those kinds of changes.

1:42.1

If you feel there's something wrong with you that needs to be improved, you're going to be

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