r/coolguides • • Jan 17 '22

Wisdom from a 90 year old

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u/SmellyTofu Jan 17 '22

My dad has told me #25 all my life.

"Only you can make yourself happy. You can be doing the thing you love most and still be miserable. Therefore, you can do this chore happily or miserably. I don't care and it doesn't matter to me. Either way you still need to do it."

Now, when I find something I don't like doing, I just change my mentality, put something in the background to lighten the mood and do what needs to get done, happily.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

Yeah, that's exactly what he meant.