I just had a pretty awesome but mostly not anime-related weekend, and while I’d love to go into detail, it would be a pretty long post and you guys aren’t the right audience (if you happen to be a dragonforce fan who wants t   read more  »
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Ever since the beginning of my "junior high years", I have been an ardent and faithful reader of Teen Vogue. My favorite features have always been "Girl of the month" as well as the awesomely styled editorials. ...Published   read more  »
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“Rapid Mood Change and Human Odors,” Denise Chen and Jeannette Haviland-Jones, Physiology and Behavior, vol. 68, nos. 1-2, December 1, 1999, pp. 241-50. (Thanks to Enzo Festa for bringing this to our attention.) The authors   read more  »
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Well, for starters, “happiness” becomes a place or destination that is sought out “somewhere else.” People literally and figuratively seek out happiness throughout their lives. They are searching for it -– the next lover, jo   read more  »
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More recently, psychology has started to delve into areas of "happiness" or a sense of well being, what it is and how it can be sustained. In fact, this recent research is called "Positive Psychology" because of its focus on   read more  »
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Happiness is at once the most profound and the most superficial of human things. The subject of deep philosophical investigations and religious yearnings over thousands of years, the ultimate human purpose in economics and e   read more  »
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The Solution Website dishes out the secrets to success with the ABC's Of Success.   read more  »
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Intentions are most effective when they remain broad. An intention that is too specific may be harder to achieve, thus leading to disappointment--and   read more  »
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The art of happiness is based on the most fundamental attitude in your subconscious mind towards life, and that is "you love life." This great depth of feeling of love for life is similar to the solid foundation of a steady   read more  »
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I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you should have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s pos   read more  »
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“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.“
~ Confucius

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This morning I was really thrilled to read a new research paper on happiness and wellbeing. The World Values Survey is publishing the results of a longitudinal research analysis in Perspectives on Psychological Science (Ju   read more  »
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You're getting there.. Let me know if you're facing difficulties.. I've been known to fatten people up.. =) Pam Song: Happiness and lots of sleep fattens people. ;p The Caffeinator: Hehe.. Sleep more, and leave the happiness   read more  »
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Happiness is not a perpetual state. It is a fleeting moment, much like the moment we first felt that butterfly in the pit of our our stomach, when we looked deep into the eyes of our first love. When we finally got that firs   read more  »
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Happiness research, however, has the potential to change economics substantially. Its findings, which are gradually being taken into account in standard economics, can be considered revolutionary in three respects: the meas   read more  »
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