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Easy, Right?
Plus, we might be over-planning and under-doing
Emily Sheen
June 03, 2026
Hi everyone,
It’s easy: just do what makes you happy. Wait. Is it easy? If the answer’s no, you’re not the only one struggling to commit to the fun stuff, and this week’s article explores why.
Have a happy week,
Emily
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Small shifts to help you live bigger
The procrastamine hit
Sahil Bloom writes that information-gathering, planning and up-skilling are all big sources of dopamine.
So much so, that they paralyse us, neutralising any desire to move to real, concrete actions.
Perhaps your most recent Claude / Google history tells a similar story?
Fortunately, there’s a solution.
Like the satisfying feeling of crossing something off a to-do list, taking action is also a source of dopamine. We just have to take the leap.
Hear
Serendipitous life advice
Couldn’t agree more with Hanna Siegel on this
Success at a group dinner is having a great time, going home and realising you don’t have a clue what anyone there does for a living
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Fresh perspectives on life and work
“Do What Makes You Happy”
Most of us know what makes us happy. Author Katharina Nguyen Faber even suggests making a “passion list” of those things. But when she looked at her own list, she found she didn’t do too many of them.
Read this week’s article to find out why doing what makes us happy is harder than we think, and why our brains sometimes get in the way.
Savour
A little something to feed one of the 5 senses. This week: taste.
🎵 A happy Shazam moment when I discovered the name of the artist behind this lo-fi track.
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