happiness

You can be as happy as a Dane

Posted 12 weeks 3 days ago by Philip Brewer

Studies regularly find that Danish people are the happiest people in the world. At first glance, it looks like the conditions that make them that way aren't really available to people elsewhere, but that's not really true. You too can be one of the happiest people on earth.

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How to be happy

Posted 36 weeks 17 hours ago by Philip Brewer

Career and Income, Lifestyle

A lot of happiness (and unhappiness) comes from within. But there are other things that matter a lot: relationships, doing important work, living your life according to your values, having a spiritual aspect to your life.

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The things that money just can't buy

Posted 46 weeks ago by Paul Michael

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After reading Ed's post about Afluenza , I began thinking long and hard about what I have in my life that really matters to me. It's all very well keeping up with the Joneses, but at the end of the day it really doesn't mean anything. I was talking to a fireman a few months ago and he said that time after time, the things people run back into a blazing house for are not valuable (as far as other people are concerned). It's not the big-screen TV or the gold Rolex. No, it's the family photo albums, the teddy bear granny gave you 30 years ago, or the love letters from your sweetheart who is now your loving partner.

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Do you have what you want… and do you want what you have?

Posted 49 weeks 1 day ago by Ed O'Reilly

Lifestyle

Sometimes, being frugal means not just saving money; sometimes it means not spending any at all. There’s been a growing preoccupation with working more to earn more--to buy more; yet, it never seems enough. A cursory glance at a landscape of malls, fast food chains and airplane hangar-sized clubs for buying sugary snacks in a container the size of an oil drum implies that this condition of over-consumption is reaching epidemic proportions.

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Can't buy me love...but maybe I can buy happiness

Posted 1 year ago by Sarah Winfrey

Filed Under: Life Hacks

Happiness?

Gretchen over at The Happiness Project claims that money can buy some forms of happiness. Her experience in buying some books she loves that will continue to give her a jolt of happiness whenever she sees them is a powerful argument against the old adages about not buying happiness. Having had similar experiences, this is very compelling. Whether or not it works for you depends on your personality, your spending habits, and what exactly you're expecting the money to do for you. But you don't need me to tell you all of this, because she said it first. Head on over and check it out.

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