Olga Khazan

Like there was something that came out of it usually that I was like, huh, that was like a nice break from the day. That was like a nice way to like liven up the day a little bit. And I think that's kind of like the, when I talk about increasing extroversion or like changing your introversion, you can remain an introvert, but just do like 20% more stuff, like connect with people 20% more.

And there's a little bit of a mood boost there. Like researchers who are introverts have studied this concept and have found that like even just connecting with people a little bit, and it doesn't mean that you have to be like the life of the party. Like I think people assume extroversion means like

And there's a little bit of a mood boost there. Like researchers who are introverts have studied this concept and have found that like even just connecting with people a little bit, and it doesn't mean that you have to be like the life of the party. Like I think people assume extroversion means like

And there's a little bit of a mood boost there. Like researchers who are introverts have studied this concept and have found that like even just connecting with people a little bit, and it doesn't mean that you have to be like the life of the party. Like I think people assume extroversion means like

you're super talkative and like can't shut up and, you know, or you're always telling jokes, you can like go hang out with two close friends and like, you know, listen more than you talk and like knit the whole time. And that's still extroversion. That's, you know, still being around people. So yeah, for that one, my extroversion did go up. And I think what I took away from that is that like,

you're super talkative and like can't shut up and, you know, or you're always telling jokes, you can like go hang out with two close friends and like, you know, listen more than you talk and like knit the whole time. And that's still extroversion. That's, you know, still being around people. So yeah, for that one, my extroversion did go up. And I think what I took away from that is that like,

you're super talkative and like can't shut up and, you know, or you're always telling jokes, you can like go hang out with two close friends and like, you know, listen more than you talk and like knit the whole time. And that's still extroversion. That's, you know, still being around people. So yeah, for that one, my extroversion did go up. And I think what I took away from that is that like,

I do enjoy having fun. I need to sometimes force myself to have fun. But it's okay to do that. It's okay to commit to an exercise class or to something else that doesn't sound super appealing all the time but ends up being rewarding.

I do enjoy having fun. I need to sometimes force myself to have fun. But it's okay to do that. It's okay to commit to an exercise class or to something else that doesn't sound super appealing all the time but ends up being rewarding.

I do enjoy having fun. I need to sometimes force myself to have fun. But it's okay to do that. It's okay to commit to an exercise class or to something else that doesn't sound super appealing all the time but ends up being rewarding.

Yeah. So neuroticism, I also saw an improvement. So neuroticism, I will cut to the chase. I meditated a whole lot. And meditation is also something that I did not enjoy. I didn't even enjoy it while I was doing it. And I did not enjoy it after I was done. I was not like, that was really nice. That sounds painful. Thank God I don't have to do that for another 24 hours.

Yeah. So neuroticism, I also saw an improvement. So neuroticism, I will cut to the chase. I meditated a whole lot. And meditation is also something that I did not enjoy. I didn't even enjoy it while I was doing it. And I did not enjoy it after I was done. I was not like, that was really nice. That sounds painful. Thank God I don't have to do that for another 24 hours.

Yeah. So neuroticism, I also saw an improvement. So neuroticism, I will cut to the chase. I meditated a whole lot. And meditation is also something that I did not enjoy. I didn't even enjoy it while I was doing it. And I did not enjoy it after I was done. I was not like, that was really nice. That sounds painful. Thank God I don't have to do that for another 24 hours.

I signed up for a class where we had to meditate for 45 minutes every day, which is so long. It's literally the longest 45 minutes of your life. However, it did work. My neuroticism went down and my anxiety went down a little bit, but my depression went down a ton.

I signed up for a class where we had to meditate for 45 minutes every day, which is so long. It's literally the longest 45 minutes of your life. However, it did work. My neuroticism went down and my anxiety went down a little bit, but my depression went down a ton.

I signed up for a class where we had to meditate for 45 minutes every day, which is so long. It's literally the longest 45 minutes of your life. However, it did work. My neuroticism went down and my anxiety went down a little bit, but my depression went down a ton.

um it went down a lot like to basically like not being depressed anymore um and why that happened is sort of anyone's guess um if i had to like posit why that occurred it's that um i did a lot of what's called loving kindness meditation which is where you're just like really nice to yourself um for however long and it's usually i do it to like a guided like a tape basically

um it went down a lot like to basically like not being depressed anymore um and why that happened is sort of anyone's guess um if i had to like posit why that occurred it's that um i did a lot of what's called loving kindness meditation which is where you're just like really nice to yourself um for however long and it's usually i do it to like a guided like a tape basically

um it went down a lot like to basically like not being depressed anymore um and why that happened is sort of anyone's guess um if i had to like posit why that occurred it's that um i did a lot of what's called loving kindness meditation which is where you're just like really nice to yourself um for however long and it's usually i do it to like a guided like a tape basically

people don't use tape anymore, like a recording, like a guided. Yeah, exactly. Like a guided recording. And it's like, you know, like, like there's like the line that always makes me cry is like, there's, you can search the whole universe for someone who is more deserving of love and happiness than you are yourself and not find anyone. And it's like, like, you're like,