This means that if we want to increase our…

This means that if we want to increase our well-being, and that of other people, we should deliberately look for ways to end experiences on a high note.

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations) · Positive Psychology by Bridget Grenville-Cleave

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And take Epictetus's harder counsel when you can: do not demand that things happen as you wish, but wish for them to happen as they do. Keep an honest logbook, and design your endings. Since memory weights the peak and the end far above the middle, end things well on purpose — a hard day, a visit, a project — because the ending is what you will actually keep. And write your assumptions down before a decision, so you can check later which ones were true. — The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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