The other day I was fixing my lunch as I normally do when I'm home taking care of the little one and I thought I should share this little morsel of advice with all of you. I have been doing this for nearly 5 years now, and although some of the three items change, the theme of it all has remained consistent over that time. The theme of my lunch is the TRI-FECTA OF HAPPINESS.
Essentially what I have discovered is that there is usually multiple things that can make one happy. Money, friends, family, etc. all taken by themselves or in concert with another can help make you happy. There are other things that have less of an effect when by themselves, but combined with other equally or perhaps less mundane, can become AMAZING. For me, the formula is three. Three items that left alone do not really do much in the way of producing happiness. They may still offer something, but when coupled with the others, the effect is much greater. This is kind of a systems approach where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole...I think I got that right.
My three things include, a soda pop (usually a coke zero because I don't need all those calories), a Costco Chicken Bake, and a great TV show. Now you are beginning to see how my three things can change from time to time. The TV show used to be the Office, but recently I have been re-watching the UK version of Top Gear. The Chicken bake can change to hamburgers or some other type of sandwich, and the soda can be a number of different flavors. Now let me explain why these three items work better together than they do alone, at least for me.
I started drinking Coke Zero (or other diet sodas) at the urging of my sweet wife. I guess she noticed that I wasn't the chiseled man that I used to be and nicely requested that I switched to diet. It took some time to get used to and I must admit that regular soda is 10 times better. So that's why I need to have something else with the soda, because diet soda by itself just doesn't make me happy.
The chicken bake is easy to make and I love simpleness. I pop it in the microwave, get my soda and my show ready and three minutes later I am good to go. The chicken bake by itself is definitely not worth it and I DO have to have a soda to wash it down. I just can't eat those Chicken bakes, or other lunch food, without a soda and a show.
The TV show is perhaps the icing on the cake. I thoroughly enjoy the time relaxing and watching a great show while I consume my lunch. Eating the type of lunch I have just explained really is disparaging unless coupled with a show. Therefore, these three items really do work together to make up a wonderful tri-fecta.
The advice I have gleaned from creating this small slice of happiness that I wish to pass onto you is just that. No matter how small or insignificant something is, there is value there. Coupled with several things it begins to take on something greater. I may be just a simpleton but I do know that finding things to make you happy can also make you healthy. Well, I mean that in a loose sense of the word because I'm sure I could always eat a much more healthy lunch. However, that would alter the balance of my happiness, so right now it's just not worth it :D
UPDATE: I have moved onto regular cherry coke, something on YouTube, and Quesadilla's!!!!
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