On Happiness

Having been a part of some lengthy, though fairly shallow, research on happiness (warning: do not follow the link if you aren't sure if you can handle the ramblings of my Birkenstock-wearing, in-office meditating former boss. It'll be just as bad as you'd expect)...while also always appreciating a nice checklist, I definitely enjoyed reading this report.

As the author notes, the contents might seem like common sense, but if I learned on thing at Context, it's that people often ignore common sense/conventional wisdom until it's brought to their attention via research. The fact that it is common or conventional lets it seep into the background of life, where it stays.

This little report, written by a sort of drily funny economist type, was a good reminder that it's not actually that difficult to be happy - it's just hard to stay that way all the time.