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4 Things I Wish I Knew in My 20s About Happiness 😄

2024-06-21 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:51 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: List of tips or lessons · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In a Short, Ali lists four happiness lessons he wishes he had known in his early twenties: everyone is friendly but you have to go first, the sting of rejection beats the pain of regret, you can choose to be satisfied with your day, and move towards what energises you.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Four things he wishes he knew in his early 20s, happiness edition

  • ★★ Ali's first happiness lesson for people in their twenties: everyone is friendly, but you have to go first; since we all get caught up in our own little world, it is best to be the first to make a move if you want something to happen. — 00:00:00 · go first
  • ★★ Ali has never regretted taking the social initiative to arrange a board games night, invite friends out to dinner or ask someone out on a date. — 00:00:00 · go first
  • ★★ Ali's second happiness lesson: the sting of rejection is way better than the pain of regret, so shoot your shot. — 00:00:00 · rejection over regret · first in: 2022-07-26, 28 Life Lessons from 28 Years in 28 Minutes
  • ★★ Ali's third happiness lesson: you can choose to be satisfied regardless of what you have done. — 00:00:00 · choose to be satisfied
  • ★ Ali tends to get to the end of the workday with the feeling that he could have done more. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Feeling dissatisfied with what he has done does not change what he has done, Ali says; choosing to be satisfied whatever he accomplished that day leaves the reality the same and makes him feel way better. — 00:00:00 · choose to be satisfied
  • ★★ Ali's fourth happiness lesson: move towards things that energise you rather than drain you; whenever he makes any kind of decision, he finds it very helpful to ask whether it is likely to energise or drain him. — 00:00:29 · energisers and drainers · first in: 2023-07-24, 4 Things I Wish I Knew in My 20s

Mentioned

Central: choose to be satisfied · energisers and drainers · go first · rejection over regret

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