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    The Most Common Happiness Mistake and the Secret to Greater Joy

    by Sara Fabian Aug 17, 2018 3 minutes
    Happiness mistakes, by Sara Fabian. Photograph of person laughing by Tyler Nix

    Photograph by Tyler Nix

    Everyone wants greater happiness, but the key is simpler than you may think

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    Looking back on my life, I realize that I didn’t know how to be happy. I continuously kept myself busy, always running somewhere so I could achieve more or better, turning my happiness into a project and waiting for “the big things” to happen so I could finally feel joyful and satisfied.

    For too many years, I spent a lot of my precious time complaining. I thought I never had enough time, money, or love. Many of us get stuck in the habit of projecting our happiness into

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