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How to Fry an Egg.
How simplicity increases happiness.
When I asked a friend what one question she wanted to have answered before she went to bed tonight, she answered, “I want to know how to fry an egg”.
She was serious.
…and I’ve included instructions at the bottom for a “perfectly” fried egg.
It’s a great question because what it unbundles is something much deeper than a simple set of instructions.
The very first place my mind went to was an image of an amazingly fried egg.
Then I thought about how simple an egg is, and that led me to an appreciation of some of the simplest things in life. It got me rolling. I started thinking about how when we stop to appreciate a moment in time, we also build in an opportunity to make more of those attentive and appreciative moments.
How many times….?
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