happiness
by sari and · updated 2mo ago
happiness
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 5mo 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 6mo ago
In line with the $100k per year (outside the big cities) income requirement below which money does indeed make you happier
- The happiness that someone like Mark misses is unreal and unhealthy. He needs to learn to want a different type of relative happiness – that is, a state of reasonable contentment, with intermittent joy and pain, which, unlike the myth of a permanent bliss, can potentially be achieved. Switching from one goal to the other will involve a process of a... See more
from As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen how chasing happiness leads to misery | Psyche Ideas by Rafa Euba
David Pennington added 10mo ago
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange—
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The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It’s new.
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all thefrom Ecstatic December by Cate Scott Campbell
Brandy Cerne added 1y ago
Poem by Wendy Cope
- It is probably the case that, somewhere in the past, you did something that made you more happy/productive/fulfilled, but you don’t do it anymore, for no good reason. Think about that, and do it again, preferably instead of one of your less desirable behaviors.
from Some Advice Gathered From People Smarter Than Me by Sasha Chapin
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
- “human beings need three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at what they do; they need to feel authentic in their lives; and they need to feel connected to others. These values are considered "intrinsic" to human happiness and far outweigh "extrinsic" values such as beauty, money and status.”
from Tribe — Sebastian Junger by Sebastian Junger
sari added 1y ago
A fat soul is someone who can live in an open-minded and open-hearted way, filled with a sense of respect and care for the community of life.
from Ecological Civilization
Jennifer Baez added 1y ago
- People are happy enough rich, and people are happy enough poor. But it’s hard to imagine anyone happy without a feeling that their actions have some impact, however small. Even if you’re not going to be remembered by history, you want to be remembered by your barista. The prisoner, though largely robbed of power, is probably happier if he can vex h... See more
from What the Humans Like Is Responsiveness by Sasha Chapin
alex added 1y ago
- When stumped by a life choice, choose “enlargement” over happiness. I’m indebted to the Jungian therapist James Hollis for the insight that major personal decisions should be made not by asking, “Will this make me happy?”, but “Will this choice enlarge me or diminish me?” We’re terrible at predicting what will make us happy: the question swiftly ge... See more
from Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life by theguardian.com
sari added 1y ago