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3. Fake it till you feel it.
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All this ever got me was mental fatigue from the effort of faking it.
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5. Don't treat the blues with a "treat."
While it's easy to think, I'll feel good after I have a few glasses of wine...a pint of ice cream...a cigarette...a new pair of jeans, it's worth pausing to ask whether this will truly make things better.
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Whether "I'll feel good" or whether "this will . . . make things better" are not really the same question. It may well be that a glass of Scotch will make me feel better, but won't really improve the situation. That doesn't mean I shouldn't have the drink. (It also doesn't mean I should.)
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6. Buy some happiness. . . . For example, when my sister got married, I splurged on a better digital camera. It was expensive, but it gave me a lot of happiness.
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Wait, what? Isn't this exactly what we aren't supposed to do in #5?