Happiness

Most people want a happy, long, and pain-free life, yet we do little to achieve this goal. And that's not because we're lazy or don't want to work on improving our lives. It's because we usually don't know how to do it due to endless amounts of information that can…

Location is not everything — The Nordic countries top happiness polls each year, and there are several aspects to it. Work-life balance is of them. Believe it or not, there is actually a real balance to it, it’s not just empty words in a contract. We also trust people more than the average. Perhaps it’s…

It’s all so terrible. Everything seems to suck. People are mean. Some are offensive. The weather is dusty and freaking cold! Some dude wrote that I was a ‘prat’ on the Internet. That made me angry. I will get them back for that. My dad says things that make me…

Neither does a 80-year long Harvard study on long term happiness. — Jordan Gross and his dad were glued to the TV. A 103 year old wanted to make sure she was well heard on the mike and then emphatically vouched for her longevity on TV. Her words: “If you want to live as long as me, then you have to do…

My age-old intuition is confirmed by scientific research — I’ve gone down on the record as saying that if you want to make a long-term relationship work, you want to find someone who is happy. I remember dating several people and striking out all the time. …

A lesson 26 years in the making. — On the hunt for a writing prompt to get my mind turning, I ran into Everything Fun’s prompt of the month — what’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned about fun? Cool, sounds fun (ha). Let’s talk about fun. Everyone likes fun. Right? Well… For a long time, I had…