The first step to being happy is to learn not to be unhappy for reasons which, on calm consideration, cannot serve as the basis of a universal tragedy. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done.

The first step to being happy is to learn not to be unhappy for reasons which, on calm consideration, cannot serve as the basis of a universal tragedy. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done.

The most important place to start is to notice these inappropriate emotional responses in your own behavior.

It would be nice to go back in time, recall some moments that deeply traumatized you, in a case where the reason was much less significant compared to the level of your reaction, make a list of these situations and try to rethink your behavior, imagine how you would react to a similar irritation now. After you have played each situation in your imagination several times, you will react to it more and more calmly and familiarly, make certain adjustments to your world model, change the stereotype of how you react to specific things, and in the future, when you find yourself in similar circumstances, you will experience much less stress due to negative emotions.

This one step will make your life a little better.

️ Alexander Medvedev