On Value of Relaxation, Procrastination, & Doing Nothing

I seriously consider getting a massage. I like it because it gives pleasure to my body and relaxes my tensed muscles. However, every time I feel getting one, I also consider why my muscles feel tense in the first place and why I am not getting enough hugs in my life in the first place.

Thus, the whole discussion of whether to get a massage comes down to whether I am having a balanced life in the first place, as naturally, people do not require any massage. Still, we often conduct our lives to need extra relaxation, relief, and external help to fix something that was not supposed to need fixing.

Thus, we often extensively relax, procrastinate, and want to do nothing. Of course, there is a hedonistic component to the complete relaxation, meaning we get an absolute pleasure out of it. However, in my mind, if our goals are correct, we are living under our values, and we maintain a healthy equilibrium between different pillars of happiness, we are not going to need to relax.

Quickly said, people on a mission don’t have a single moment of the day when they don’t know what they want to do, and indeed, they don’t have a need to escape. Why would they? They are on a mission. Every moment that they are not pursuing their dreams, they are wasting on doing something else.

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Roman Russo: Author of Optimal Happiness

Roman Russo wasn't always happy and struggled with his own negative emotions, anxieties, and depression, until one day he pledged to resolve this part of life, whatever it took. The journey took 6 years, but it was worth it. Today, Roman considers himself to be one of the happiest people alive, part of the 1% of the happiest elite, and he now teaches others a working and universal happiness formula to reach a similar goal. He offers his best advice on Optimal Happiness social media, newsletter, blog, and books, and teaches a complete and unconditional happiness formula in his online courses.

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“The problem is that of optimization,” states Roman Russo, author of Optimal Happiness: The Fastest & Surest Way To Reach Your Happiest Potential. There is plenty of advice on how to be happier or less sad, but no one is speaking about how to become the happiest we can be. And this is the difference that makes all the difference. By not looking at our maximum potential for happiness, we fall short of achieving it. After all, we all have hundreds of ideas on how to be happier or less sad, but most people still feel like they are not living their best lives. As such, Optimal Happiness explores the question of how to be the happiest we can be, regardless of who we are, where we are from, and what our life circumstances are. It proposes a complete and unconditional formula for happiness and explains how you too can become happy today and forever, inviting you to join the 1% happiness elite and become one of the happiest people alive.

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