Stop making time for the things you don’t enjoy doing.

Cole Schafer
Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read

One sure-fire way to greater happiness is limiting the time you spend doing the things you don’t enjoy doing.

If you hate making the two-hour commute to work, stop making it. If you hate the job that doesn’t pay well, find another one that does. If you want to slap your forehead with a tire iron every time you have dinner with your one friend, stop having dinner with her.

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