I'd like to recommend The Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine. It made me significantly happier. It summarizes and makes accessible the techniques stoicism. Here they are:pic.twitter.com/2LtmlXcOLW
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6. Self-Denial: Live like a pauper to feel like a prince. By subjecting yourself to voluntary discomfort, you harden yourself against future discomfort, build your confidence in your ability to deal with such future discomfort, and appreciate what you already have.
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7. Defang insults and unfortunate events with humor: by laughing at our misfortune or responding to an insult with a self-deprecating comment, we render these events powerless on our emotional well-being.
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/end That's it. The author says that he discovered stoicism while attempting to learn zen buddhism. He found that stoicism suited his analytical mind much better and that he didn't like all that dead time associated with thoughtless meditation. I feel similar.
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Not sure if this works all the time, sometimes you need to move to different environment and create new memories to dart those events.
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