Typecut found this on Blog.H34, and I’m passing it on to you.

Sometimes it’s the simplest advice that rings most true — even when it’s the hardest to enact.

This flowchart, a collaboration between H34DUP and David Meiklejohn of Budget Fabulous Films, gets straight to the point. Are you happy?

On Blog.H34, the artist talks about how they decided to leave the final arrow off — the one that would make this process a loop. If the flow is a finite journey it feels more optimistic. When the flow is circular, you’re reminded of how endless the search for contentment can be. It’s “keep trying to be happy” vs. “happiness within reach”. One arrow makes the difference.

Maybe they put that last arrow in originally but it didn’t make them happy. So they changed something.

There are prints of this for sale if you want one above your desk for constant inspiration.

Written by Zack Kushner

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