How to be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use

Being sad on purpose

I think this book is a good go-to for anyone in today’s world if they don’t feel “quite as happy they should be”. The whole premise of the book is novel, in that it gets you the reader to look backwards at happiness, in a reverse psychology manner. Instead of trying to go straight to happiness, this book looks at how to do things to make yourself even sadder and more miserable than you currently are, in both a sarcastic manner and a “hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge” way of asying DON’T DO THIS IF YOU WANT HAPPINESS. The author of the book is a PHD and has worked with many clients, and I think he presents his experience well.

Great food for thought, probably one I need to re-visit time to time.

If you are looking for a TLDR, I do recommend this video by CPG Grey:

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