31 Dec How to Build a Happier 2023
Making positive changes and setting new goals can, obviously, be something we do at any time on any day.
But around New Years is, obviously again, a key time for many to reassess and redirect their lives.
If you’re thinking about making some changes this year and/or building more happiness into your 2023 then … read on!
via the Atlantic by Isabel Fattal
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Rebecca Rashid produces an Atlantic podcast called How to Build a Happy Life. The series, hosted by Arthur C. Brooks, joins scientific data with snapshots of human experience to help listeners find the path to a more fulfilling existence. I called Rebecca to chat about what she’s learned, and about the advice she might offer to those hoping for a happier 2023. But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
A New Formula
Isabel Fattal: What’s one thing many of us might do that gets in the way of our happiness without our realizing it?
Rebecca Rashid: If I could point to any across-the-board thing we struggle with, I think it’s the gap between knowledge and practice. For example, you’re aware that your social life is not where it needs to be. Olga [Khazan] has this moment in our friendship episode where she says, essentially, that adult friendships can seem logistically impossible; just getting dinner on a weeknight is like, When should I get the babysitter? 7 o’clock? Where should I park downtown? All of these extraneous factors make something as simple as meeting for dinner feel overwhelming.
This is a simple example of something we know we need to prioritize, yet putting it into action can fall by the wayside because of trivial logistics.
Isabel: The last episode of this season of How to Build a Happy Life focused on a new formula for happiness. Can you talk about what that formula looks like?
… keep reading the full & original article HERE