Being aware and accepting of whatever the state of my mind happens to be at the moment (even if that state is unhappy).
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 January 2023 source ↗
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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?Originally asked
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View all 158 →Sitting in a living room with my sister, Pat Thaler, and her seven grandchildren and just talking with them. They range in age from 9 to 21 years old.
The very short instant right after accomplishing something very challenging.
Falling asleep watching a movie on a sofa because I drank too much wine at dinner, my head resting on the thigh of a loved one, who will later explain what happened.
First of all, to be in love. The second way of being very happy is to be able to get the best out of yourself, whatever it is.
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View profile →Pittsford, New York, writing my first book when our kids were small, riding my bike to work because we only had one car…that feeling of being needed and loved and vitally involved in something artistic that I didn’t fully understand, everything still lying ahead of us.
Read incorrectly, that sounds like a threat. No thanks, Vanity Fair !
I’d like to have a more generous, less anxious mind.
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