Accumulate little moments

Tip 2: Accumulate little moments of happiness

I watched a Korean drama " My Liberation notes" the actress said, everyday she accumulates moments of happiness, for example, opening a door for a lady and the lady said thank you, thats 3 second of happiness, accumulate 5 minutes of happiness in total a day, is enough to keep her going everyday.

It was an epiphany to me. 

The next day, i started doing that. Chat with my female colleagues and got to know their life stories, that's 1 minute, played with Levi at the playground that's 1 minute, a clinic purchaser asked if i like pink, thats 3 seconds 

by the end of the day, i felt better. 

happiness is seldom found in big events because honestly, our lives, most of the time, is routine and mundane. 

We don't want to have big events happening every single day of our lives. 

happiness manifest in the little moments. Once i am aware of it, i become more conscious the few seconds that i was happy.


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