A great way to boost your happiness is to watch a happy or funny movie. Researchers found that when people watched a funny video, for example, anger and sorrow dropped 98%, and the improvement persisted for more than twelve hours....
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Like many people, I have a perfectionist streak. On the one hand, this is helpful, because it keeps me working to make my work as good as I can possibly make it. On the other hand, it can make me...
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Given the economic climate, this has turned out to be a decidedly different Holiday season—especially when it comes to shopping. Every season, we all vow to cut back but then wind up spending more than we intended. From my unscientific...
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The other day, my sister called me in a dark mood. A friend had given her a book about feng shui, the Chinese practice of the auspicious placement of objects. “I found out that my toilet is in my prosperity...
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The current economic situation is making everyone feel anxious and tense. Some people are losing their jobs. Major institutions are vanishing and changing. Many people see their savings shrinking. We’re all wondering about the consequences of what’s happening now on...
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One of my happiness-project resolutions is to “Laugh out loud.” A typical young child laughs more than 400 times a day. Guess how many times the typical adult laughs? Fifteen times. I’ve certainly think I’ve grown more humorless in recent...
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I’m trying to do a better job of laughing out loud. Studies show that a small child typically laughs more than 400 times each day, but an average adult laughs 17 times. I wonder if I hit even that number...
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In 1820, English writer Sydney Smith wrote a letter to his unhappy friend, Lady Morpeth. He offered his tips for how to be happy – and his suggestions are as sound now as they were practically 200 years ago. "1st....
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