If one has failed to develop curiosity and interest in the early years, it is a good idea to acquire them now, before it is too late to improve the quality of life. To do so is fairly easy in principle, but more difficult in practice. Yet it is sure worth trying. The first step is to develop the habit of doing whatever needs to be done with concentrated attention, with skill rather than inertia. Even the most routine tasks, like washing dishes, dressing, or mowing the lawn become more rewarding if we approach them with the care it would take to make a work of art. The next step is to transfer some psychic energy each day from tasks that we don’t like doing, or from passive leisure, into something we never did before, or something we enjoy doing but don’t do often enough because it seems too much trouble. There are literally millions of potentially interesting things in the world to see, to do, to learn about. But they don’t become actually interesting until we devote attention to them. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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A quote from Dr. Seuss To become more curious, try these methods: 1. Make a list of things you're interested in and put it somewhere you'll see it every day. If you see something that interests you, do more research on it. 2.

Visit websites that interest you and then write down what interests you in a notebook or a journal. 3. Try to find a way to do something new everyday. When you do something new, your brain is busy making connections between what you've done before and what's happening now, so it's building a bigger memory bank.

Source: Finding Flow: The Psychology Of Engagement With Everyday Life

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