…of my favorite techniques is to notice and share delights, which is a practice I got from the poet Ross Gay, who wrote a whole book called The Book of Delights. The basic idea is just make a point of noticing things in your environment or your interactions that delight you. And when you notice those things, you put a finger up in the air and you say out loud, delight. ◈ 36:42 And so I'd like to invite you to do that with me on three. You'll feel silly the first time, but there's actually scientific evidence showing that noticing and naming positive things…

…3: that's my job. And I just thought, oh my God, I like to think of myself as a self-aware person who lives fully and I can't think of anything to do. And so I asked myself a question. I asked when I was writing How to Break Up With Your Phone that I post to you all today now, which is what's something you say you want to do, but you supposedly don't have time for? ◈ 4:06 Hmm. Because what I realized is I did have time. In fact, I had this reclaimed time, but I didn't know what I wanted to do…

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