chasing happiness is making you miserable, advice session

Emma Chamberlain· Host0:00

Welcome back to Advice Session, a series here on Anything Goes where you send in your current dilemmas or anything you want advice on, and then I give you my unprofessional advice. And today's topic is the pursuit of pleasant emotion, okay? I'm talking about happiness, joy, fulfillment, contentment. I'm talking about a lust for life, a sparkle in the eye. You know, the good stuff, the feelings we like feeling, the feelings that when we're not feeling them, we're pursuing feeling them again, okay? It, it kind of feels like life is split into two parts: feeling pleasant emotion and pursuing feeling pleasant emotion again. And that might be oversimplified, but if I were to really simplify my life and look at it in the emotions, that kind of rings true. Today, I'm gonna be giving you all advice, unprofessional advice, of course, as always, about the pursuit of pleasant emotion. I wish I could sit here and just say, "You guys, all you gotta do is just shut your eyes and think really hard about feeling good, and then you'll feel good again!" I wish I could sit here and say that, but I can't. Unfortunately, the pursuit is a bit more complex, and so without further ado, let's get into it. [whoosh] I briefly interrupt this episode to let you know that this episode is presented by Venmo. Okay, hear me out. Apparently, you can earn cashback with your Venmo debit card. All you have to do is join Venmo Stash, and boom, you get cashback when you shop at your favorite brands. It's kind of an awesome flex. With Venmo Stash, you can get up to