RULE 7
Find a distraction
One of my close friends really struggles to be happy. He’s a worrier by nature. He almost always has something negative in his life to worry about (don’t we all?), and if there isn’t anything obvious he seems to create worries. It’s just the way he’s made. He worries about things that might never even happen. What if his wife’s illness turns out to be more serious than it seems? What if the company decides to make redundancies and he’s in the firing line? What if interest rates rise and he can’t afford the mortgage?
But he doesn’t have to settle for a life of constant worry. Remember how habit-forming happiness is, along with thought patterns. If you can change your thoughts, you’ll change your mood. Change them for ...
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