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How to like everything more - by Sasha Chapin

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I believe that one of my skills is that I’m good at liking things. I intensely enjoy many of my experiences, whether we’re talking about music, art, people, food, places, books, movies, anything. My wife, glimpsing me reacting to a Fiona Apple song, once said: “I wish everyone could enjoy something as much as you’re enjoying this right now.” She’s also noticed that when I eat a good meal, I appear so emotionally affected that she confuses my verklemptitude for sorrow or anger. The variety of my enjoyment is notable, also: I like a tremendous number of cuisines, locales, styles of architecture and visual languages, et cetera. It’s not that I don’t have critical judgement, or favorites—the ceiling on my appreciation is high, but the floor is high, too. Part of this is personality makeup, but I believe enjoyment is a skill that anyone can improve at. I learned out of necessity: my childhood was unpleasant, and as a coping mechanism, I tried to love, hard, the passably pleasant moments. La

How to like everything more on the skill of enjoyment Sasha Chapin Dec 30, 2024 3,027 95 436 Share I believe that one of my skills is that I’m good at liking things. I intensely enjoy many of my experiences, whether we’re talking about music, art, people, food, places, books, movies, anything. My wife, glimpsing me reacting to a Fiona Apple song, once said: “I wish everyone could enjoy something as much as you’re enjoying this right now.” She’s also noticed that when I eat a good meal, I appear so emotionally affected that she confuses my verklemptitude for sorrow or anger. The variety of my e

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