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How to Add More Play to Your Grown-Up Life, Even Now

By Kristin Wong — 2020

Play can feel silly, unproductive and time consuming. And that’s precisely the point.

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Lasting Happiness

It’s surprisingly easy to achieve lasting happiness — we just have to understand our own basic nature. The hard part, says Mingyur Rinpoche, is getting over our bad habit of seeking happiness in transient experiences.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

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The Secret to Happiness at Work

What matters is not so much the “what” of a job, but more the “who” and the “why”: Job satisfaction comes from people, values, and a sense of accomplishment.

Arthur C. Brooks

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Choose Enjoyment Over Pleasure

Pleasure can be a boon or a burden, depending on our relationship to it. It can leaven laborious days, or lead us to waste them. The pleasures of a mild stimulant such as caffeine can be harmless or even beneficial, but the pleasures of amphetamines can be deadly.

Arthur C. Brooks

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The Philosophy of Happiness in Life (+ Aristotle’s View)

A discussion of the philosophy of happiness in life can be seen as an examination of the very nature of happiness and what it means for the universe.

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Read This Story and Get Happier

The most popular course at Yale teaches how to be happy. We took it for you.

Adam Sternbergh

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Laurie Santos, Yale Happiness Professor, on 5 Things That Will Make You Happier

As a professor of psychology at Yale and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, I've spent the last few years teaching simple science-backed tips to improve our well-being. I know the research inside out—but the giant dumpster fire of a year that was 2020 has had me struggling, too.

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Yale’s Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students

The cognitive scientist Laurie Santos says “we’re fighting cultural forces that are telling us, ‘You’re not happy enough.’”

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Want to Be Happy for No Reason?

Don’t believe everything you think!

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When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings

Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.

Arthur C. Brooks

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How to Escape the Happiness Guilt Trap

There’s plenty wrong in the world. Acting gloomy won’t fix any of it.

Arthur C. Brooks

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