On being happy

http://leostartsup.com/2011/12/on-being-happy/

by LeonW • 15 years ago

36 9 15 years ago

akarambir• 15 years ago

Have a social life(not refering to facebook or google+). take time for your friends and family. Talk to them regularly and don't lock yourself into any dark room- thats my mantra.

drumdance• 15 years ago

I try to seek out new experiences, social or otherwise.

This past year I started keeping a short diary of semi-significant events - a concert I went to, a date I had, a problem I solved at work. My goal with the diary was to make time slow down (without moving) and it has definitely worked. It's really fun to read back through it.

The idea of slowing time down comes from here: http://ben.casnocha.com/2011/05/why-to-move-to-a-new-place-i...

richardburton• 15 years ago

This is one of my happiest moments. The gust, wave, kite and board all played together perfectly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVDgV7cbNjU

y0ghur7_xxx• 15 years ago

That's awesome!

This year my happiest moment was when I finished the 70km ultratail in the middle of wonderful mountains. When I arrived I was tired, but I felt like I was the boss of the world! :)

http://31337.it/files/393/jpghRPudRPuHL.jpg

rmason• 15 years ago

Did I miss a blog post? I thought the Buffer guys were headed to Hong Kong. Now they're moving to Europe??

andreasklinger• 15 years ago

I assume Leo visits his family in Europe for XMAS

LeonW• 15 years ago

yeah, exactly, will be in HK next Wednesday! :) So glad you are following our story.

janus• 15 years ago

(not my video), but, doing this makes me happy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr8UK7Iq-ik&feature=resul...

mannicken• 15 years ago

"Plateaus" implies a two-dimensional outlook on life, which is not even how life works. Life isn't even four dimensional. It has many, many dimensions that grow and die out. You can be happy, sad, afraid, and horny all at the same time. I.e. happiness is just an emotion, and you can feel several emotions at the same time.

This is such a primitive outlook that I don't even.

The author is clearly existing on the second circuit of Leary's model, the one that introduces "up/down" dimension. Here's the URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-circuit_model_of_consciou...

Judging from how popular alcohol is in the US, and the fact that alcohol activates this circuit, I'd say that the author is drunk.

On being happy

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