"We can balance out dissatisfying experiences by learning to better tune ourselves to moments of satisfaction when these occur. We all intuitively know what satisfaction feels like. The feeling can be sensory, like popping something. Or, it can come from completing or resolving something (e.g., getting the last smear of jam out of the jar), from having exactly the right amount, from good timing or serendipity, from feeling validated or clever, or from order and neatness."
"We all have satisfying experiences, but some people are better at noticing and savoring them than others. This savoring is a skill you can work on to increase your experiences of positive emotions. I chose satisfying frugal experiences as the theme for this post because a narrower theme can make for deeper learning, and because this theme provides plenty of concrete, accessible, everyday examples that most people can connect with easily."
Many people spend much of their lives feeling mildly dissatisfied due to small daily annoyances and comparisons. Balancing dissatisfaction requires learning to better tune attention toward moments of satisfaction when they occur. Satisfaction can be sensory (like popping something), come from completing or resolving tasks, having exactly the right amount, serendipity, validation, cleverness, or order and neatness. Noticing and savoring satisfying experiences varies across individuals; savoring can be developed as a skill to increase positive emotions. Focusing on satisfying frugal experiences provides concrete, accessible examples, including preferring cheaper alternatives, repairing items, using rewards miles, reusing boxes, and having just the right amount left.
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