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I know you are not supposed to believe everything you read on the internet\u2026 but I really hope this is true: New Almond Joy Ice Cream Bars Now in Stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekend best: zoo volunteer potluck. Met people who will be in the goat yard. I saw a Princeton Club swipe card. We talked about exercise and pets. I have her phone number and she followed me on Facebook. I have some great photos of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listening to a reel from Mark Manson. He says that Epicurus argues that happiness is not gaining or acquiring anything. Instead, just remove the things that make you feel bad. What if those bad things are within yourself? Unhealed trauma, tendency towards laziness (or simply just don\u2019t want to start if it can\u2019t be perfect), habit to over-explain and over-apologize for things that don’t require either, avoiding confrontation, resist taking in positive information, catastrophize quickly and dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the highest flaw is inability to become my own best friend. If improving happiness is about removing the bad, then the one thing that would make the greatest difference is to cure the unending loneliness through acquiring quiet lasting contentment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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