I listened to the (unabridged) audiobook entitled The How of Happiness, which was read by the author, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky. She is a professor of psychology at The University of California at Irving who has conducted research on happiness for close to 20 years. The material contained in the book is quite fascinating, although…
Part of me is as cynical as the average person, and another part of me really sees “the good” in others. I have come to believe that, but for very rare exceptions, most people have positive intentions and believe that they are a good person. So, whenever anyone chooses to act in a particular…
I’ve always liked that definition that insanity is, “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” When we are feeling chronically down or distressed, it is often helpful to try something new to get us unstuck. I can think of 3 compelling reasons why trying something new can improve our mood…
The irony of this strikes me as so hilarious. Want to know what, arguably, might be the best way to buy happiness? Here it is – to give your money away! I’m completely serious though. There is much research to support the notion that people who donate their money to causes that they deem…
In my last post, I discussed how that, overall, money doesn’t buy happiness BUT there are ways that money can be used to “buy” happiness if we know how to spend it correctly. Purchasing electronic gadgets, jewelry, nice watches, fast cars, big houses, antiques, expensive pieces of art and so on will not help…
Woven into our capitalist society is the idea that “more is better.” If we have a lot of money, we can buy a lot of stuff and this will make us happy…right? Is this really true though? What does your own experience tell you about this? You’ve probably found out that you quickly adapt…