Interesting article in today's NYT about research on what brings happiness.
"Extraordinary experiences bring great joy throughout life. No surprise there. But what the pair found again and again was that the older people got, the more happiness ordinary experiences delivered. In fact, the happiness-making potential of everyday pursuits eventually grows equal to that of ones that are rarer."
Link to article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/30/y...alue-to-the-ordinary-experiences-of-life.html
Link to referenced research report:
http://faculty.tuck.dartmouth.edu/i...tacharjee/Bhattacharjee_Mogilner_JCR_2014.pdf
omni
"Extraordinary experiences bring great joy throughout life. No surprise there. But what the pair found again and again was that the older people got, the more happiness ordinary experiences delivered. In fact, the happiness-making potential of everyday pursuits eventually grows equal to that of ones that are rarer."
Link to article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/30/y...alue-to-the-ordinary-experiences-of-life.html
Link to referenced research report:
http://faculty.tuck.dartmouth.edu/i...tacharjee/Bhattacharjee_Mogilner_JCR_2014.pdf
omni