-
ADD TIME NEWS
- MOBILE APPS
- NEWSLETTERS
Health and Happiness
Happiness is difficult to define and even harder to measure. We experience it as a combination of elements, in the same way that one wheel or spring inside a watch doesn't keep time it is a result of the synchronicity of the whole. As a relative state, happiness is what psychologists call our "subjective well-being" and, fortunately for us, it is a state that we can actively change for the better. Here are 20 ways to start.
Since there may be no point in marrying rich (see previous), then marry happy. Research shows that depressed singles receive greater psychological benefit from things such as intimacy and emotional closeness from getting married than those who are not depressed. And for the married population, first of all, congratulations: people in committed relationships have been shown to be happier than those who aren't, despite how satisfying their marriages actually are. Research done by an economist at the University of Warwick suggests that if you're married to someone who is happy, then you are happy as well. The research concludes that happiness, like material things in a marriage, is shared. Awww...
View the full list for "Health and Happiness"Latest Lists
Most Popular »
- Another Snowstorm: What Happened to Global Warming?
- Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence
- Who Were the First Americans?
- Spain's Troubled Economy: Why Europe Is Worried
- Counterterrorism: The Debate Moves Right
- Facing Death and Divorce at the Same Time
- Obama and Republicans Jockey for (Bi)partisan Advantage
- Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War!
- Should Europe Lift Its Arms Embargo on China?
- Another Snowstorm: What Happened to Global Warming?
- Are the Bible's Stories True? Archaeology's Evidence
- Spain's Troubled Economy: Why Europe Is Worried
- Obama and Republicans Jockey for (Bi)partisan Advantage
- Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War!
- Who Were the First Americans?
- How to Tame the Budget Deficit
- What Is Robert Gates Really Fighting For?
- Counterterrorism: The Debate Moves Right
- The Problem with Football: How to Make It Safer











RSS