You can read the beginning of this article here. Rules for getting pleasure To get pleasure, you need to set aside time for it. Stop, just a moment, you are wonderful! Pleasure is within us. Our attitude and willingness to receive it influence much more than objective circumstances. Having prepared a delicious pie, you can eat it with pleasure and enjoy it, or you can eat it and feel guilty for having already gained weight, and then there’s this temptation. What we direct our attention to and how we evaluate the situation is what we receive as a reward in the form of emotions. Allow yourself to have fun. Unfortunately, many people brought up in strictness and restrictions have a ban on having fun. Implicitly, they evaluate pleasure as something shameful that needs to be limited and kept within limits. Or they are convinced deep down that you have to pay for everything good, so it’s better not to enjoy it at all. As a result, they live a rather bland and boring life. All you have to do is remove the inhibitions, and it will sparkle with the bright colors of possibilities. If you have a goal to get pleasure, you will get it. Sometimes we think that pleasure is something that other people should give us. Or we just sit and wait for it to come on its own. It’s as if this is an element that is completely beyond our control. Take back control of your pleasure. Ask yourself: “How can I have fun today?” “How can I have fun doing this?” Try it, perhaps the result will surprise and delight you. Try as many different ways as possible to have fun. Typically, we have a very limited list of things that bring us pleasure. What we tried and liked. But the potential for pleasure in every person is simply enormous! You just need to start trying something new. Something you've never done before. Experiment, try new things and fill your life with different pleasures! The smaller the pleasure, the stronger it is - don’t chase consumption. The politics of consumption kills pleasure. We have been taught that the more we have, the more pleasure we experience. In fact, we are most pleased with the very first copy. The first candy is exactly the same in sweetness as the fifteenth, but it’s the one that gives you the most pleasure. This applies to both large and small acquisitions. Less is more. Shared pleasure with someone increases in arithmetic progression. That’s why we love to go somewhere in company, do things together or relax. Of course, if people share our interests with us and are tuned in to the same wavelength. It turns out that in order to have fun, you don’t have to have a lot of money, get involved in some special events, or buy things. Enjoyment is something that is potentially always with us, you just need to tune in to receive it. I offer you exercises that will help you enjoy the simplest things using concentration. Exercise "Banana" In Russian culture (compared, for example, with Chinese culture) we do not pay enough attention to the temperature and consistency of food. The purpose of this exercise is to learn to concentrate on the structure, consistency and temperature of what we put in our mouth. Take a ripe, soft banana, peel it and cut it into circles. Just stare at a piece of banana for a while. Note color, shape, size and texture. Try to imagine what it will taste like. Inhale its aroma. Before putting a piece into your mouth, squeeze it between your lips. Notice how soft it is. Now you can move the circle to the middle of your tongue. Feel its weight and initial taste. Now place the banana vertically in front of your front teeth and explore its surface with the tip of your tongue. Then move it to the upper palate. Do this slowly, being aware of each movement. Have fun. Now chew a banana and.