3240: Why Chasing Happiness Is Futile by Stephen Guise of Mini Habits on Personal Development

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🗓️ 6 July 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3240: Stephen Guise of MiniHabits.com explains why the pursuit of happiness is ultimately unfulfilling, using personal anecdotes and insights from celebrities to illustrate how fleeting happiness can be. Instead, he advocates for appreciating life's varied experiences, including its challenges, to achieve a more sustainable and profound sense of contentment. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://minihabits.com/why-chasing-happiness-is-futile/ Quotes to ponder: "When How I Met Your Mother first went on the air, I ran into an actress that I knew and she said, ‘Are you just like so happy all the time?’ And I remember thinking, ‘Does she really think that when CBS picked up this show, it left me with an inability to feel anything other than unbridled joy?’" "Jim Carrey once said, 'I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.'" "The highest highs in life are actually the greatest danger to your long-term contentment." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily episode 3240,
0:04.0	by Chasing Happiness is Feudal.
0:07.0	By Stephen Guy of MiniHabbits.com.
0:09.0	And I'm Justin Mollick here to help you find a little bit of extra inspiration, motivation, or happiness
0:16.0	in your day.
0:17.0	And you can hit the subscribe or follow button in your favorite podcast app to get new episodes
0:21.3	every single day of the year.
0:23.0	And with that, let's get right to another post and start optimizing your life.
0:28.0	Why Chasing Happiness is Fe by Stephen Guy's of MiniHabbits.com.
0:38.7	The next meal I eat will be one of the best meals I've ever had.
0:44.0	My grandfather had colon cancer.
0:47.0	My father had colon cancer.
0:49.0	Thankfully, they both recovered with surgery to remove it, but if the trend continues, I'm next.
0:56.8	So at the young age of 36, I'm getting a colonoscopy. to prepare for a colonoscopy, you must clear out your digestive
1:06.4	system so that the doctor can see what's up there. When I say clear it out, I mean clear it out I mean clear it out the day before the procedure you're treated to a
1:16.7	buffet of laxatives followed by drinking a gallon of colon prep liquid and of course you can't eat any food.
1:26.2	The day ends up being like that one scene from Dumb and Dumber on repeat.
1:30.4	Take care of your colon kids. All and all, it will be almost two days between meals for me.
1:36.0	Sheesh, I've been taking food for granted.
1:39.0	I'm looking judgmentally upon my past self, who looked judgmentally at the contents of my fridge and
1:45.0	thought there's nothing to eat.
1:47.6	I would scale a mountain to eat a stale pretzel right now.
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