The quality of your life can be gauged by how easily annoyed you are. Getting cut off in traffic. Wait taking longer than usual. Random tweet you disagree with or something. You're quick to be bothered by meaningless everyday occurrences But when times are good you literally don't care. When times are great you don't even actually notice. Positivity is met with a smile. Bullshit is met with a laugh. Too busy enjoying the scenes in your head, either replaying recent W's or imagining creating more The question then changes from how to stop being so affected by this or that, to why nonchalance is no longer a natural and unconscious way of being. Figure out the latter and the problem fixes itself