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How the “Magnifying Glass” Can Help Us Find Well-Being and Joy

Category: Mindfulness

How the “Magnifying Glass” Can Help Us Find Well-Being and Joy

Last week I noticed the most magnificent red-orange-yellow leaves of this tree against the backdrop of the otherwise brown and barren landscape of late autumn. This photo was taken from my window, the one I walk by multiple times a day, every day. And yet, there were many days prior that I walked right by this window and literally did not notice this spectacle of nature in front of me.

How is that even possible? And what does this have to do with well-being?
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Want to Improve Your Well-Being? Be More Like a Car

I was wondering recently about how it would be helpful if human beings came with built-in technology, the way new cars do. Besides having a built-in GPS, my current car also has a lane departure warning system that beeps to alert me if I veer out of my lane, another signal that goes off to let me know if I’m not paying enough attention, and another to let me know if it’s safe to change lanes.

Then it occurred to me that we human beings do have something similar, but we often forget it is there. We have something magnificent called
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Six Steps to Decluttering Your Life

Several months ago, I spent some time decluttering my house by going through papers, clothing, kitchen stuff, personal items—everything. Beyond creating a more satisfying space, I discovered some surprising effects on my psychological well-being. Along the way, I was able to cultivate inner resources such as gratitude, satisfaction, mindfulness, non-attachment, and other qualities that emerged from this process.

I’m not alone. In fact, research on decluttering reveals some positive effects on one’s well-being.
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