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One of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should.

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I love cunning containers as much as anyone, but I've found that if I get rid of everything I don't need, I often don't need a container at all.

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You can love someone but not want to keep a gift from that person. It's okay to pass an item along to someone who will appreciate it more.

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Never label anything 'Miscellaneous.'

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Don't let yourself fall into 'empty.' Keep cash in the house. Keep gas in your tank. Keep an extra roll of toilet paper squirreled away. Keep your phone charged.

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Don't keep excessive amounts of anything. Those glass vases that come from florists. Those ketchup packets that come with take-out food. A house with two adults probably doesn't need fifteen mismatched souvenir coffee cups.

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I get such a buzz out of cleaning closets.

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Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type.

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During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do from sources that detail universal principles or cite up-to-date studies.

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They say that people teach what they need to learn. By adopting the role of happiness teacher, if only for myself, I was trying to find the method to conquer my particular faults and limitations.

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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