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The regret we experience for not doing something leaves a much stronger impression on us than the regret we may have for doing something.
Gratitude is the only thing that can prevent the cycle of familiarity leading to boredom. Gratitude allows us to see our everyday life with a fresh perspective.
Happiness is basically something that each of us can measure only by declaring our own sense of contentment ourselves.
Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirski says that 50% of our happiness is genetically determined, 10% by life circumstances and situations and the remaining 40% by our daily actions.
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Fumio Sasaki (Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism)