How can I live a happy and excited life?

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It’s incredibly simple. Increase the level of effort you are applying to everything in your life.

You need to dispel the natural laziness and reticence that keeps you from trying out new things, or new approaches to things you’re already doing. Without this nothing is possible. With it, you can plan for the future and actually accomplish those plans.

Think of yourself as existing in a deep hole. Asking ‘which direction you need to climb up to get out of the hole’ is the wrong question. You just need to climb up, and if you fall back down, to keep climbing until you get out of the hole. You might be an expert climber by the time you’re done. Maybe climbing doesn’t make you happy or excited.

But moving somewhere is better than going nowhere. You can start doing things that you really want to do once you get out of the hole.