For four years now, Pasricha, 32, has been finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, writing about the small joys of life — popping bubble wrap, smelling bakery air, high-fiving babies — on his blog 1000awesomethings.com. The Harvard MBA and former comedy writer started posting a new entry every weekday, counting down from 1,000, as a way to cheer himself up during a dark period in his life.

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