Why we become bored with our lives (and how to find joy again)

Life Kit

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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It's easy to stop noticing what we love about our lives. Even the most passionate relationships, stimulating jobs and exciting cities can lose their sparkle. Cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot, author of the new book Look Again, explains how to fall back in love with life's small joys. For more episodes from Life Kit, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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0:23.4	You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
0:26.3	Hey what's up everyone.
0:30.0	Andrew Lindbong here in for Mary El Segara.
0:32.0	There's a certain type of character I love in any book
0:35.7	or TV show or movie and that is the person whose life looks pretty good on paper and yet
0:41.8	they're not happy. There's a certain glum, grayness, a blaness to their life.
0:46.5	I'm thinking about the couple in Richard Jeeves' Revolutionary Road or the main character in
0:51.7	Otessa Mosvags, my Year of Rest and Relaxation.
0:54.4	I mean, this feeling is a staple of the great Gen X movies, you know, from reality bites to
1:00.0	Fight Club to Office Space.
1:02.0	What's up, G.
1:03.0	Want to go to Chatskis, get some coffee?
1:05.0	It's a little earlier.
1:07.0	I gotta get out of here.
1:08.0	I think I'm gonna lose it.
1:09.0	Uh-oh.
1:10.0	Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.
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