{"id":3079,"date":"2013-04-15T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2013-04-15T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T21:50:09","slug":"a-guide-to-practical-contentment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=3079","title":{"rendered":"A guide to practical contentment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3081\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-boy-and-his-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3081\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3081\" alt=\"a boy and his dog\" src=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-boy-and-his-dog-300x235.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-boy-and-his-dog-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/a-boy-and-his-dog-1024x805.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sxc.hu\/photo\/783864\">btwist<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written before about the problem with<a title=\"The value of sadness\" href=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/the-value-of-sadness\/\"> focusing too much on happiness<\/a> at the expense of our ability to feel sad. Leo Babauta over at zenhabits.net writes about how contentment is more important than happiness. He provides reasons why we should focus on contentment, such as &#8220;happiness can go up or down each day (or moment), but contentment is something more stable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a part of contentment, he talks about acceptance rather than fixing what&#8217;s wrong with you:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;if you start in this place of fixing what\u2019s wrong with you, you keep looking for what else is wrong with you, what else you need to improve.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To become more content, he offers the following advice:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px\">Build self-trust<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Notice your ideals<\/li>\n<li>Let go of the ideals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For the full article, click below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenhabits.net\/contentment\/\" target=\"_blank\">A guide to practical contentment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before about the problem with focusing too much on happiness at the expense of our ability to feel sad. Leo Babauta over at zenhabits.net writes about how contentment is more important than happiness. 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