I love Christmas, I love decorating, I love shopping, I love wrapping presents, and I love the look
of happiness on Christmas morning BUT my favorite thing is a pretty table.
They don't feel worthy
of happiness on Big Days, so they sabotage to hasten the disappointment before it gets to them first.
A 2011 review of the impact
of happiness on major life events found that couples who got married generally felt less happy and less satisfied over time than couples who had not.
A perfect question for theUnited Nations International Day
of Happiness on March 20, 2015
In celebration of the International Day
of Happiness on March 20th, we asked the TQ community to share their favorite tech - tools that keep them happy at work.
Semple has been honoured as a UN Happiness Hero, a distinction given to mark the UN International Day
of Happiness on 20th March 2013.
Swapping the dream of white picked fence for the open road has long been my personal choice and while I never let the societal pressure stop me from following it, there's nothing more reassuring, inspiring and motivating than knowing that you're not walking a lonely path; that there are hundreds of others just like you, who didn't want to base their idea
of happiness on the social norms and instead, decided to create it for themselves.
The dogs bring a moment
of happiness on what may be a bleak day, and that's a gift.
Roxy and Kye are posed for the cameras ahead of International Day
of Happiness on Sunday 20 March.
And let's not forget the World Day
of Happiness on March 20th, which sums up the face of our mothers when they gaze gently on their child.
For girls, impressive fancy Christmas gowns and maxis are the real deal
of happiness on Christmas.
Sometimes it seems like a neverending stream of hardship, everyone trying to push through to another day with hope
of happiness on the other side.
Wishing you a lifetime
of happiness on your special day!
They experienced a decrease of in the moment happiness but experienced an increase
of happiness on an hourly and daily basis.
People in countries that provide citizens with a high level of economic security have a higher level
of happiness on average, as measured by surveys of national levels of life - satisfaction and happiness... The most important determinant of national happiness is not income level — there is a positive association, but rising income seems to have little effect as wealthy countries grow more wealthier.
Pizza is the star of the fast - food world, and it's many people's go - to meal when they fancy a little slice
of happiness on a Friday night.
As the world marks the third annual International Day
of Happiness on Friday, people in Latin America are the most likely in the world to experience positive emotions on a daily basis.
The digital platform we're experimenting with, designed by Waterloo - based Plasticity Labs, asks us to make daily estimates
of our happiness on a scale of 1 - 100 and to occasionally answer questions like, How often do you make time for things that make you happy?
Not exact matches
Which isn't to say,
of course, you shouldn't make the bigger changes that will bring you greater life satisfaction, it just means that you're not powerless to start working
on your
happiness right this instant.
On Indiegogo, the company raised $ 10,389 for its
Happiness Scent and 21 - Day Course, 104 percent
of its goal.
Put these tips into practice to focus
on the positive aspects
of life, and rewire your neurons to learn from
happiness.
All were between the ages
of 13 and 96, and all were asked the same standard question
on general
happiness: «Would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?»»
Depending
on the scope and purpose
of the research,
happiness is often measured using objective indicators (data
on crime, income, civic engagement and health) and subjective methods, such as asking people how frequently they experience positive and negative emotions.
This one statistic alone should make all employers more interested in boosting bliss: Truly cheerful employees spend about 80 %
of their time at work doing what they're there to do; the least content spend only 40 %
of their time
on job - related activities, according to a survey by workplace
happiness consultant and author Jessica Pryce - Jones.
One study found that the presence
of flowers has an immediate impact
on a person's
happiness, and long - term effects too, with people reportedly feeling less anxious, depressed and agitated.
«Money can buy
happiness, but other workplace factors actually have a larger impact
on your overall satisfaction — including culture and values, career opportunities and the quality
of senior leadership.»
Since Prince Harry and Markle announced their engagement
on the Clarence House Twitter account — Clarence House is the organization that represents Harry's father, Prince Charles — other members
of the royal family have expressed their
happiness for the couple.
Based
on a global ranking
of happiness levels across 156 countries, Finland has claimed the No. 1 spot in this year's World Happines
happiness levels across 156 countries, Finland has claimed the No. 1 spot in this year's World
HappinessHappiness Report.
Through a measurement
of happiness and well - being called the «Cantril ladder,» Gallup asked nationally representative populations to value their lives
on a scale from 0 to 10, with the worst possible life valued at 0 and the best valued at 10.
These days, the
happiness of individual employees comes second only to profits
on the list
of priorities.
Still, Moss paints a compelling picture
of what can happen when you make time to focus
on happiness at work.
Founder and CEO
of Boxed, Chieh Huang, gives advice
on the different things that you can do to help maintain your employees»
happiness.
«What we found is that people who spent money to buy time reported being almost one full point higher
on our 10 - point [
happiness] ladder, compared to people who did not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author
of the study and a professor
of psychology at the University
of British Columbia.
But as bestselling author and Oprah - anointed
happiness expert Shawn Achor pointed out
on in an excerpt from his new book
on the TED Ideas blog recently, that sort
of praise — well intentioned as it might be — actually does more harm than good.
«The
Happiness Foundation focuses
on social enterprises, an innovative model that addresses social problems by tapping into corporate mechanisms, and supports the creation
of a social enterprise ecosystem,» said Chey Kee - won, President, The
Happiness Foundation.
That was the message
of a talk by Dr. Miriam Tatzel at the American Psychological Association's 122nd annual convention, which was held recently in Washington, D.C. Presenting her research to the assembled psychologists, Tatzel stressed the importance
of playing down consumerism as a route to fulfillment and boiled down the research
on the subject into a handful
of scientifically validated principles to follow for greater
happiness.
And finally, a decade - long study
of nearly 720,000 UK women concluded that
happiness does «not appear to have any direct effect
on mortality.»
She has more than 25 years
of experience in corporate and startup ventures, and speaks widely
on combining strategic and creative thinking for optimum success and
happiness.
Two Swiss economists who studied the effect
of commuting
on happiness found that such factors could not make up for the misery created by a long commute.
He shared insights
of the study with Joshua Wolf Shenk at The Atlantic
on how men's social connections made a difference to their overall
happiness:
Although most success is ultimately rewarded with a larger paycheck or promotion, the small patterns you create
on a daily basis become part
of your character and not only increase your overall
happiness but showcase skill and establish confidence.
«Procrastination is one
of the most common and deadliest
of diseases and its toll
on success and
happiness is heavy.»
Lessons from the longest study
on happiness — the Harvard Study
of Adult Development — which tracked annually the lives
of 724 men
of varying economic statuses show that «Good relationships keep us happier and healthier.
According to a study by Michael Norton
of Harvard Business School and two colleagues from the University
of British Columbia, the amount
of money people earn has less influence
on their
happiness than how they spend it, and those who spend at least some
of their money
on others are happier than those who do not.
The American Meteorological Society published research in 2011 that found current temperature has a bigger effect
on our
happiness than variables like wind speed and humidity, or even the average temperature over the course
of a day.
«Having spare time and perceiving control over how to spend that time (i.e. discretionary time) has been shown to have a strong and consistent effect
on life satisfaction and
happiness, even controlling for the actual amount
of free time one has.»
But it appears these earlier studies aren't the last word
on the pursuit
of happiness.
While the gross domestic product (GDP)
of a country can play a big role
on the «
happiness index»
of its residents, that's clearly not the only thing that matters.
Rick Hanson, PhD and author
of Hardwiring
Happiness, explains that the human brain is wired to fixate
on the negative instead
of the positive.
Gretchen Rubin, the author
of three bestsellers
on happiness, recently teamed up with Scribd to come out with a list
of the books that added the most
happiness to Rubin's life.