“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Mind-wandering isn't just frequent, it's ubiquitous — it pervades everything that we do.”
— Matt Killingsworth
Matt Killingsworth: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment
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“What we're doing, who we're with, what we're thinking about, have a big influence on our happiness. Yet they're the very factors that have been [difficult] for scientists to study.”
— Matt Killingsworth
Matt Killingsworth: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment
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