Arthur Brooks

Three ways that you can savor your life more.

Number one, technique number one for savoring your life.

Do it in all three time zones.

Okay, now, what do I mean by that?

I don't mean literal time zones.

I'm talking about savoring the past, savoring the present, and savoring the future.

This comes from the work of the psychologist Fred Bryant.

who created something called the Savoring Beliefs Inventory, which asks people to talk about their tendency to seek and enjoy positive experiences and memories.

And so how does he talk about it?

Richness of reminiscence.

In other words, what do I need to do as somebody who struggles with the past?

Is think back to the past and think, what was good about that?

And you know what?

I just did that in the opening of the show, didn't I?

I mean, I could have talked about the fact that my mom was sad all the time.

It seemed to me as a little kid sometimes.

She wasn't sad all the time.

She was painting beautiful paintings and those were moments of bliss for her.

And I remembered that on purpose.

Why?