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How to Be Perfectly Happy in 2023
This New App is Slowly Changing My Life Towards More Gratitude and A More Positive Mindset
Even though I don't like to admit it, I have developed this unhealthy habit of turning to my phone first thing in the morning. I don't scroll down social media but I do check my Whatsapp. Are there any messages to attend to? Clients that need answering?
It's like a coffee shot really. Brings my brain — bang! — online straight away. And here I am on a treadmill of my life, like I’m stuck in Groundhog Day.
I am not proud of it. But the first step to change is always admitting where we are at and what doesn't work. That's what I'm doing here. So when this new app was suggested to me, I was sceptical.
“Perfectly Happy”.
Pff. More screen-time and more dependence on the phone. And then the name. Perfectly Happy. As if this was possible! I'm so past that stage of 'we can visualise ourselves into bliss'. Life is complex, man. Human suffering is a reality. Can we stop putting band-aids on it please and just deal with our shit?
Still, I gave it a go.
And surprise, surprise, I actually really really loved it.
