Genuinely appreciating the different aspects of your life can improve your well-being. In fact, people who regularly practice gratitude – by writing gratitude lists, for instance – report greater happiness and optimism, have lower levels of stress and depression, and even sleep better at night.
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Can money buy happiness? Much research has been done that shows that income has a reliable, but weak, relationship with being happy. While incomes have surged in recent decades, happiness levels have remained static, showing no sign of people being happier as a result of their increased income. A University of British Columbia study (”Spending Money Continue reading Prosocial Spending Makes Us Happy – But we Prefer to Spend on Personal Wants Being with family and friends makes us happy. Studies have found that regularly seeing friends and family can provide a huge boost to our happiness. Money helps in this regard, allowing you to go out to dinner with neighbors, travel to see old friends, take your family on vacation and go to the theater with your Continue reading Money Can Buy You Time With Family and Friends Friendships offer the shoulder to lean on. The good advice. The unspoken comfort. The good times and the shared laughter. They boost your self-esteem and provide companionship. It’s not always easy to form the close bonds of friendships, though. It may be especially hard to develop and keep up friendships when your life is hectic — Continue reading Finding Enrichment in Life With Friendships Happiness Lies in the Trek Action toward goals other than happiness makes us happy. Though there is a place for vegging out and reading trashy novels, easy pleasures will never light us up the way mastering a new skill or building something from scratch will. And it’s not crossing the finish line that is most rewarding; it’s Continue reading The Pursuit of Happiness: The Prosperity Trek |
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