The Psychology of Happiness
The Psychology of Happiness as relayed in Fabrice Grinda's Musings of an Entrepreneur blog:
Most people have a mean level of happiness that is largely genetic and hard to deviate from as people quickly assimilate any changes in their life circumstances - a process called “hedonic adaptation.” However, they do find 9 ways to systematically improve happiness (in no particular order):
- 1. Don’t equate happiness with money.
- 2. Exercise regularly.
- 3. Have sex.
- 4. Devote time and effort to close relationships.
- 5. Pause for reflection, meditate on the good things in life.
- 6. Seek work that engages your skills, look to enjoy your job.
- 7. Give your body the sleep it needs.
- 8. Don’t pursue happiness for its own sake, enjoy the moment.
- 9. Take control of your life, set yourself achievable goals.
- 10. Reduce or eliminate the amount of time that you spend with people who have negative attitudes toward life or toward you.
- 11. Reduce your number of physical possesions to just those things you need.
- 12. Watch less television. Not only will it free time for more satisfying activities but it also stops the endless parade of comparison, competition and consumerism. Anyhow, must stop writing - I’ve got to watch Eastenders.