37's pretty arbitrary, I'd add sleep, helping others, and commitment to John Dewey's "continuous human community in which we are a link"... plus dogs, baseball, and beer.
(https://twitter.com/OSOPHER/status/1373407524251131904?s=02)
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Happiness in a few words
Happiness explained, in 37 words: Money matters but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy is toxic. So is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude #InternationalDayOfHappiness
(https://twitter.com/Eric_Weiner/status/1373307910126759941?s=02)
(https://twitter.com/Eric_Weiner/status/1373307910126759941?s=02)
Kurt happy
The American humanist Kurt Vonnegut once wrote: 'It's a terrible waste to be happy & not notice it'. With that in mind – it would be a terrible waste to not tweet this picture of Kurt, looking very happy next to a tiny dog, on the #InternationalDayofHappiness. https://t.co/Qa2Pxe9MFl
(https://twitter.com/Humanists_UK/status/1373174972571553794?s=02)
(https://twitter.com/Humanists_UK/status/1373174972571553794?s=02)
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Sleep, gratitude and helping other people
Over 3 Million People Took This Course on Happiness. Here's What Some Learned.
It may seem simple, but it bears repeating: sleep, gratitude and helping other people.
The Yale happiness class, formally known as Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, is one of the most popular classes to be offered in the university's 320-year history.
The class was only ever taught in-person once, during the spring 2018 semester, as a 1,200-person lecture course in the largest space on campus.
That March, a free 10-week version made available to the public via Coursera, titled "the Science of Well-Being," also became instantly popular, attracting hundreds of thousands of online learners. But when lockdowns began last March, two full years later, the enrollment numbers skyrocketed. To date, over 3.3 million people have signed up, according to the website.
"We octupled the number of people taking the class," said Laurie Santos, a professor of psychology at Yale and the head of the university's Silliman College, of its pandemic-era popularity...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/style/happiness-course.html?smid=em-share
It may seem simple, but it bears repeating: sleep, gratitude and helping other people.
The Yale happiness class, formally known as Psyc 157: Psychology and the Good Life, is one of the most popular classes to be offered in the university's 320-year history.
The class was only ever taught in-person once, during the spring 2018 semester, as a 1,200-person lecture course in the largest space on campus.
That March, a free 10-week version made available to the public via Coursera, titled "the Science of Well-Being," also became instantly popular, attracting hundreds of thousands of online learners. But when lockdowns began last March, two full years later, the enrollment numbers skyrocketed. To date, over 3.3 million people have signed up, according to the website.
"We octupled the number of people taking the class," said Laurie Santos, a professor of psychology at Yale and the head of the university's Silliman College, of its pandemic-era popularity...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/style/happiness-course.html?smid=em-share
Sunday, March 7, 2021
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