
This “upon reflection” component is important. A 2011 study in the Journal of Happiness Studies found that effortful tasks or activities may lower a person’s happiness in the moment, but these same tasks increase happiness when people look back at how they spent their time. Working on a task that a person deems worthwhile or beneficial promotes feelings of satisfaction, which in term drives up happiness, the study found. In this same vein, research from the University of Pennsylvania has found evidence that feelings of…
…ized folks can learn something from the seemingly perfected morning routines of celebrities worries Gordon Flett, a personality researcher at York University, in Canada. He studies “perfectionist presentation” — the tendency of people to present flawless versions of their lives, particularly on social media — and the way others react to it. People are far more likely to describe their ideal morning than their realistic one, Flett says. (R…