Key points

While our sensory system is flooded with information, our conscious brain can only process a minuscule amount.

Our brain's filtering system means we selectively focus on certain things and miss much that is also here.

The brain has a negativity bias to prioritize processing negative information over positive.

Last week I noticed the most magnificent red-orange-yellow leaves of this tree against the backdrop of the otherwise brown and barren landscape of late autumn. This photo was taken from my window, the one I walk by multiple times a day, every day. And yet, there were many days prior that I walked right by this window and literally did not notice this spectacle of nature in front of me.

How is that even possible? And what does this have to do with well-being?

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