happiness
by sari and · updated 3mo ago
happiness
Buying Experiences Probably Doesn't Make You Happier than Buying Possessions
by Sasha Chapin
Stuart Evans added 3mo ago
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Keely Adler added 6mo ago
While doing the reporting for my book, I read a postmortem from a successful startup founder. They said something along the lines of: “One of the best things that can happen to you is to achieve professional success when you’re young. That way you can learn that it does little to change your happiness.” For better or worse, achieving your goals sho
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Keely Adler added 6mo ago
- big secret to happiness is just liking stuff. finding more stuff to like. finding ways to like stuff you didn’t before. recognizing what it feels like to like something and doubling down on that. what feels frivolous is actually the whole ballgame
alex added 6mo ago
The thing is to be happy,' he said. 'No matter what. Just try that. You can. It gets to be easier and easier. It's nothing to do with circumstances. You wouldn't believe how good it is. Accept everything and then tragedy disappears. Or tragedy lightens, anyway, you're just there, going along easy in the world.
Alice Munro, Dear Life
alex added 6mo ago
- Contrary to what we might expect, the study found that the link between economic growth, as measured by GDP per capita, and life satisfaction weakened as countries became more affluent. In other words, once a certain economic threshold is reached, additional wealth does not significantly boost happiness.
from Extensive analysis of 152 countries uncovers societal determinants of happiness by Eric W. Dolan
Andrew McCluskey added 7mo ago
In line with the $100k per year (outside the big cities) income requirement below which money does indeed make you happier
Andrew McCluskey added 7mo ago
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