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\"happiness<\/a><\/p>\n

We found this today on the strange, great, illuminating\u00a0Daily Fluxus Do It Yourself Instructions<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Identify the happiest feeling of the day.<\/strong><\/em>
\n 2. Put it in a<\/strong> jar.<\/em>
\n 3. Switch it if something happier happens.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…<\/p>\n

We’re wondering if this happiness jar would work in a similar way as\u00a0jars full of air captured in a special place<\/a>\u00a0we posted about some time ago: when\u00a0we look at them, we know that there is a bit of that place in there, along with good memories.<\/p>\n

Can we activate happiness with this iteration from Fluxus?<\/p>\n

What else could we store in a jar to remind us of what we need to remember?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

via Daily Fluxus Do It Yourself Instructions<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Related posts: a jar of air + memory<\/a>
\n3 powerful principles for remembering + learning anything<\/a>
\n<\/a>stealing and tailoring ideas
\n<\/a>quilts as memory-keepers
\n<\/a>digital memory archive (photograph stuff then give it away)
\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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