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Happiness: the sum of positive emotions

Even if you cannot change your broader environment, you can still do small things to create positive emotions.

  • You can put pictures that trigger pleasant memories in your home where you pass often.
  • Research shows that having green plants around is good.
  • Cutting down on mindless TV will help.
  • A front porch is better than a back deck.
  • The happiest people are socializing six to seven hours a day. Even with social media, if you think of friends like long-term adventures, it kind of meets the experience-focused criterion.
  • Who you spend time with has a huge impact on your happiness. Proactively find happy friends who like to laugh.

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Decisions with long-term payoffs

  • When choosing a place to live, people who live near water, whether a lake, river, or ocean, are 10 percent more likely to be happy than people who don't.
  • People who live in medium-sized cities are more likely to be happy than in a big city or a tin...

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Measuring happiness

Measuring happiness

Academically speaking, happiness cannot be measured. It is really a mix of health, emotions, the way you evaluate your life, and the extent to which you live out your values.

While happiness can't be measured, you can measure life satisfaction by asking questions a...

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The happiness portfolio

Happiness can be thought of as a retirement portfolio. You want it balanced with short and long term investments.

Those in pursuit of purpose miss that there is value in the sum of positive emotions we experience every day. If you're only goal-oriented, you forgo today's ...

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Optimizing your environment for happiness

You can do several things to enjoy your life day-to-day. Positive psychology techniques of gratitude is generally a short-term solution.

More importantly is to optimize your environment so you're more likely to be happy long term.

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