How lucky are you allowed to get? - Sherry Ning
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What to do when you feel like life is stupidly great
When I ask my friends how things are going and they’re doing well, they get shy. Most people can tolerate only a moderate dose of happiness before they begin to self-regulate. They grow suspicious of their own good fortune like they’ve stumbled upon a vault left open by mistake. They act like joy is a smuggled gem. The problem with striving is that it makes people unnerved by fortune that arrives without commensurate suffering. We want the narrative arc and the montage of character-building setbacks. Sudden luck insults the myth of meritocracy. Chances are, you care way too much about what…
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