Arthur Brooks

I'll tell you why.

I don't have very many happy memories.

It's not like I had some trauma, some terrible childhood, but...

i don't have happy memories i just don't i don't like remembering the past i don't like looking at childhood photo albums i don't like it i don't like looking at old videos just bugs me it bothers me it makes me uncomfortable to do that i mean i practically don't drive looking in the rearview mirror i'm a dangerous driver but i mean i go through life not looking in the rearview mirrors through the through the windshield of the car it's just

For some reason, that's how I'm wired.

I don't like talking about the good old days.

And so it's hard for me to keep up with my old friends, as a matter of fact, because just past, I don't know.

I mean, I have this one set of really, really happy memories.

When somebody says, what are your happiest memories from childhood?

They're all the same thing.

I used to go down to the Oregon coast with my Aunt Marie and Lincoln City.

Lincoln City, Oregon.

And it's funny because those of you who've been a longtime viewer of the show, you know that I'm great friends with Rainn Wilson, the actor, and his wife grew up going to the Oregon coast in the exact same places as me.

And we reminisce about that actually, which is sweet and really good.

But generally I don't like it.

I don't like that.

And what I've learned from the literature, this is how I try to engineer my own life is by using the research to live better.

is right now what I'm trying to do with my life is savor more now because I want better memories.

I don't want to be the kind of guy that can't remember the past in a positive way.

So why is it hard?