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There is a good book employing the TRIZ mindset for self-improvement called "How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use"[0]. Although some of the outcomes the book lead you to can seem banal, if you approach them from the perspective of how to optimize misery, it can give you a new perspective. It certainly did for me in some areas.

CGP Grey also made a video based on the book, called "7 Ways to Maximize Misery"[1] that may be easier to digest.

[0]https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25898044-how-to-be-mi...

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1mTELoj6o



Read the book because the video got me interested, one of the most entertaining reads of my life and definitely the one book that could somehow count as self-help that I'd ever recommend.


I have always had trouble making short term attainable goals. For example I want to restart doing yoga. But it's been a few years since I've done yoga and now I can no longer touch my toes. Whereas before I was able to do the full primary sequence of ashtanga. Every time I think of my decline it kills any motivation to do anything to stop it. Anyone have any tips?




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