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If you've listened to other episodes with Happiness Lab, you'll probably learn that becoming

happier often involves changing your behavior.

Things like trying to be more social, getting in a bit of cardio, taking time to experience

gratitude, the research shows that all of these things will improve your well-being if you

do them.

The problem is, we actually have to do these things.

And if you're like me, there are a lot of times when you know what you're supposed

to do, but you really would rather do something else.

You may know it's a good idea to head out of the house and see a friend if you're feeling

down, but if it's raining and you're already on the couch, being social feels like a

chore.

You may swear you're going to get up early to practice guitar or hit the gym in the

morning, but when that alarm clock goes off, there are definitely some days you'd rather

stay in bed.

These kinds of moments, these feelings of desiring something, you know isn't consistent

with your bigger goals.

They come up whenever we're trying to change our behavior for the better.

Building happier habits often means not getting what we want in the moment, and that can

feel pretty yucky.

It's the reason many of us give up working on the goals we desire most.

But what if I told you there was a way to outsmart those little moments of discomfort

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