“It has no flavor without spices” or “Western food is only bland, as it uses only salt and pepper” is something you will hear from some from India or other
One of the most common reasons I hear as an objection to Optimal Happiness is that happiness is biological and so we can’t do much about it. This assumption would
It happened again. I fell off a scooter and broke my fibula bone located just beneath my knee, ending up in a hospital. I say “again” because this happened before,
In American households, pets enjoy a special privilege. According to Harris Poll, conducted in 2015, an astonishing 95% of interviewed compared their pets to their family members. All their food,
Once, I was talking to a young barista who after several years of working in the same cafe was no longer happy serving corporate world customers with whom she could
Today, I woke up feeling like there is trouble in paradise. Everything starts with something small. I see someone one liking my hobby blog Zero To Do Hero (play of
An excellent exercise that everyone should do at some point in their lives is to calculate how much money is enough to feel happy and lead a prosperous existence. This
Happiness is like a muscle, because the more we exercise it, the happier we become. The same holds true for unhappiness, whereas our current negativity, leads to more future negativity,
India is a massive country with very different, rich cultures across the states. Languages, cuisines, architecture, and culture all vary across different areas of India, making it seem almost like
One of the most common myths about happiness is that there is a reverse correlation between knowledge and happiness. In other words, the more we know, the unhappier we become.
A healthy body is a happy body. This being said, after looking at laptop screens, smartphones, and/or TV’s for at least 8 hours per everyday (probably 14h, if I have
Happiness is boring, scientists claim, but not for the reason you might suspect. Rather the science studying happiness believe is that happiness is very predictable in terms of its positive
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, in a dystopian novel written in 1932 and made into a series in 2020, where the protagonist, Bernard Marx, visits a society where everyone
Throughout this blog, we have stated that positive emotions trump negative ones almost in every area of life. However, in the creative domain of art, people report creating better masterpieces
Often, people tell me that they know what it takes to be happy. Instead, what they mean is that they understand my lessons on a purely logical level. This becomes
Hear me out. You need to stop using toilet paper. Studies confirm that today there are many problems related to the modern toilet use, including serious environmental issues, alternatives to toilet
To understand how a few small changes improve lifestyle and can lead to a huge improvement in personal well-being and life satisfaction, we need to consider two short-stories: Story #1
We believe in superstition and the supernatural because other people believe in it. In other words, our superstitious beliefs are cultural phenomena. But how does it affect our happiness? If
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