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How to like everything more - by Sasha Chapin

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on the skill of enjoyment

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…

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