I keep seeing Darius Foroux's writing showing up as a Pocket recommendation through Firefox. Recently, "The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness" was the top recommendation. It ends on this note: "Don’t take it too seriously. Don’t overthink it. Just DO something that’s useful. Anything." Being contrary, it reminded me of this famous … Continue reading !(Usefulness > Happiness)
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Happiness Hows
"Santos looks at the work of Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, and the author of The How of Happiness. Lyubomirsky is well known for her thought experiment about what affects our happiness, which she expresses in a pie chart: She proposes that roughly 50 percent of happiness is determined by … Continue reading Happiness Hows
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