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Varying Experiences

 

Techniques Happiness > Varying Experiences

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Description

Do different things. Try experiences you have not tried before. Go ballooning. Learn ballroom dancing. Read a type of book you have not read before. Travel. Meet new people.

When you experience new things, sometimes it will be worrying at first and sometimes you will not want to continue. So decide whether it is worth another go or two, then either try again or switch again.

A good sign of when to move on is when you get bored or tense. When you try a new sport and it starts getting competitive and you get cross when you lose, then bail out and find something that is fun again.

Of course you should be careful with the risks. Jumping off a bridge may be fun on the way down, but water gets terribly hard at terminal velocities.

Discussion

When you do new things, you may be surprised by what you find and challenged to make the best of the situation as you seek to learn and understand.

Experiencing includes learning, which is something the brain rewards well. It also gives the buzz of excitement and maybe some fear as it revels in the stimulation of uncertainty.

Trying new experiences also lets you find the things you like and do not like so much. As a result, you can have a part of your life doing things you have found you like doing often and another part to find even more interesting and enjoyable things.

See also

Sensory hedonism, Achievable challenge

 

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