In our constant search for happiness and the good
life, we may be shortchanging ourselves by seeking to eliminate all negative
emotions, thoughts and experiences from our lives. That's what Robert
Biswas-Diener and Todd Kashdan say in their forthcoming book, The Upside of Your Darkside. You
can see a preview in Biswas-Diener's TEDx
talk
about comfort addiction.
Consider that our desire for creature comforts (do I
really need Google Glass?) and intense efforts to avoid discomfort (the vacation
to Club Med instead of a real place) make us increasingly unable to deal with
the discomforts life inevitably brings.
Happiness experts uniformly suggest that curiosity and challenges, with their associated discomfort, enrich our lives.
Challenges are
different for everyone. Consider how you might bring a little positive discomfort into your life.
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