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Category Archives: Happiness
Sleep & Happiness
When I go to bed happy and feel happy even when I wake up and would rather be sleeping, I sleep better. On the other hand, the more angry I get about my lack of sleep or my life circumstances, … Continue reading
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A Little Less Lonely
A listener says: “Hey Luke been listening to your show a lot lately and thought your segment on loneliness and having a “place for you” was beautiful. I’m a 25 year old who hasn’t had a friend or girlfriend since … Continue reading
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Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope
Johann Hari wrote in this 2018 book: * When I was a child, something unexpected happened to my parents. My father grew up in a tiny village in the Swiss mountains called Kandersteg where he could have named every other … Continue reading
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Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships
Psychologist Mitch Prinstein writes in 2017: …one of the strongest predictors of soldiers’ functioning in the military was how popular they were in primary school. In fact, childhood popularity predicted soldiers’ behavior even after accounting for every other factor that … Continue reading
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The World’s Ten Happiest Countries Are White
Chile and Costa Rica make the top twenty and they are two of the most European countries in Latin America. As the United States becomes less white, it becomes less happy though it has become more happy since the election … Continue reading
Who Are The Happiest People In The World?
The happiest countries in this survey seem to be 99% white. Comments at Steve Sailer: * It seems to me that the most genuinely happy people I met travelling the world were the native Fijians. Indian-Fijians were much more glum. … Continue reading
The Myth Of Pure Evil
Jonathan Haidt writes: People want to believe they are on a mission from God, or that they are fighting for some more secular good (animals, fetuses, women’s rights), and you can’t have much of a mission without good allies and … Continue reading
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4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy, According to Neuroscience
Eric Barker writes: UCLA neuroscience researcher Alex Korb has some insights that can create an upward spiral of happiness in your life. Here’s what you and I can learn from the people who really have answers: 1. The Most Important … Continue reading
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We All Have A Worry Budget
Eric writes: My personal guess (and I think there’s some preliminary evidence pointing to it) is that every person has a personal “worry budget” that will be fully “spent” regardless of the actual level of threat to oneself. We’re now … Continue reading
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My Definition Of Happiness
When you wake up, do you look forward to your day? If you do, you’re happy. If you don’t, you’re not happy. By this definition, I’m happy 90% of the time.
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