Tag Archives: Happiness
Thursday Links
Y Chromosome evolving faster than the rest of the genetic code. Do optimists have better lives? Supermarket: 100% my new favorite online shop. “Victim” in Richmond gang rape says it didn’t happen after all, because crying wolf is the height … Continue reading
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Signifying Nothing
Gretchen Rubin is so wise. Today she lists some examples of ways NOT to boost happiness. I’m most struck by the idea that venting doesn’t work; indeed, I too get whipped into sound and fury, which doesn’t help at all. … Continue reading
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Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Watching Walt Disney and the Sherman brothers pitch “It’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” feels a little like reading Romeo and Juliet as an adult: It seems so cliche, like it’s been done a thousand times before, until your realize … Continue reading
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Get More Sleep
Once again The Happiness Project taps directly into my brain w/ this prescient suggestion I always forget I should remember: Get more sleep! It’s easy to become accustomed to being sleep-deprived, but it’s not good for you. Many researchers argue … Continue reading
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Gretchen Rubin: Manifest Destiny
Sundays are when I learn Tax law, so you’ll forgive me if I plagiarize one more entry. Here’s one of my favorite works in progress, Gretchen Rubin’s “Happiness Project,” suggesting that we establish a Mission: Writer Jean Stafford scoffed, “Happy … Continue reading
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The Power of Subtraction
Recently I posted a piece from a women’s magazine on The Power of Negative Thinking, i.e., how to avoid immense pressure from positivity and just go with the flow. Today I read this piece on the power of “negative” thinking. While the … Continue reading
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Thirst for Knowledge
Learning makes your brain happy: This preference for knowledge about the future was intimately linked to the monkeys’ desire for water. The same neurons in the middle of their brains signalled their expectations of both rewards – the watery prizes … Continue reading
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Happiness and Drift
Yet another brilliant piece from The Happiness Project. I love the author’s expert identification and description of the issues. I love her for having ”drifted” into Yale Law School. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the problem of drift in happiness. … Continue reading
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What Makes Us Happy?
Exerpted from this great article in The Atlantic: What allows people to work, and love, as they grow old? By the time the Grant Study men had entered retirement, Vaillant, who had then been following them for a quarter century, … Continue reading
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Recessionista
I pretty much deal with the recession by powering happily forward and refusing to acknowledge the recession. Today I’ll concede for two interesting links: The Recession can make you a better person. Reconnecting w/ the cheap food we liked before … Continue reading
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