On February 1, 2018, Timm Chiusano was having a “comically bad” day. It was one of those career days when he just couldn’t do anything right. After work, he rode the subway home—late for dinner again—dreading the next day.

“All I could think was, ‘I hate all of this,’” he said. “I don’t know how much longer I could do any of it.”

Then a manhole cover caught his eye, and he found himself with “the wandering mind of a 5-year-old.” The curious thoughts rolled in: “Oh cool, a manhole cover! Interesting that they made them circles instead of squares for safety. There’s so much cool and weird New York City stuff down there. But aren’t most of them made in India? That’s so fascinating. Wonder what those shipping costs are like?”

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Snapping back to reality, he momentarily wondered if something was wrong with him. Then he realized that his ability to look at something mundane and fully appreciate it like a kid would was actually a “superpower.”

The art of appreciation

When we’re young, the world is full of things that are new to us, so it’s natural to find them fascinating. We often call it wonder. But what Chiusano tapped into was what he refers to as appreciation—recognizing something good in the world and wanting to learn more about it.

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