A year has already passed since this blog on happiness came to life. During this year, I tried to share with you the main principles, from a scientific and psychological point of view, on how to be happier. And happiness…
Happiness during Covid times
Covid does not depend on us. But our reactions to Covid do, they surely do. For this reason, if we want to live a happy life even in the times of Covid we can try to put into practice some…
Time v. Money
We are a materially affluent society, but a time-deprived society. We need to slow down, because we are constantly doing too much. What we need to actually do is “less” rather than “more”, if we are concerned about our happiness.…
The importance of social connections
Let’s take care of our friendships, relationships with family members, romantic relationships. Why? First of all, because social connections are good for our HEALTH. A study conducted by Myers in 2000 showed that those who have close ties to other…
What if they gave you some money?
If one day they gave you 5 or 20 dollars and told you that you can spend it on yourself or on someone else, what would you do? I’m sure most of us would think about spending it on ourselves.…
Good grades, good results… all wrong for our happiness
Are you being evaluated at the university or at work? Be careful, because “extrinsic motivation” (receiving good grades or good results) seems to reduce our “intrinsic motivation” (if we chose that particular university or job, it was because we liked…