Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. — Dr. Seuss Although it may seem paradoxical, the happiness of the holiday season consistently tends to elicit sorrow, too. On the one hand, you have the heightened happiness of family and friends, of opening presents, of beating your brother at multiple board games in a…
Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. — Guillaume Apollinaire Today’s post covers two fascinating research findings with the probable potential to teach you how to add some happiness to your life. If that opening sentence doesn’t grab you, then you’ve come to the wrong blog. –Okay,…
I am very excited to share a guest author’s post today! Especially because the article is on one of psychology’s most important endeavors: understanding what brings us happiness so we can better attain it. Enjoy! * * * * * Reiterating Everyday Psychophilosophy’s musings on the definition of happiness, it is…
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. — Dalai Lama There are few things in life we pursue as consistently and determinedly as happiness. Heck, “the pursuit of happiness” is inscribed in the US Constitution (i.e., so you know it’s legit). But for as important as we all agree happiness…
Men fancy that external goods are the cause of happiness…[but] leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment in life. – Aristotle Take a moment to consider this question: If you had the choice between a new car or an equally priced trip around the world, which would you choose?—the long-lasting possession or the fleeting…
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. – John Wooden These last couple of days, Ohio State’s social psychology program has been hounded by news reporters. And not just my graduate program more generally, but my lab more specifically… What was the scandal? Who was spotted…