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Apr 2022
32m 20s

The U-Shaped Curve of Happiness

THE ART OF MANLINESS
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If you're someone who's a decade or two out from your high school graduation, do you ever find yourself thinking that you're just not as happy as you were back then? Of course all the positive-thinking self-talk then kicks in and you think, "Well, maybe I actually wasn't that happy before. I do like my life better now. I like the independence I have. Yeah, y ... Show More
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