A book (📕 / 📀 / 🎧) by Sonja Lyubomirsky
You have to work hard to be happy
Happiness is something we all strive for. We attach different meanings to it. For some, happiness is a successful career; for others, it is a large family with strong relationships. It may even be an opportunity to travel. We talk about happiness in the future tense: “I will be happy when I buy an expensive car or go on a trip around the world or move to live by the sea.” Sometimes we can’t even say exactly what makes us happy. However, we agree that contentment is an unattainable dream, something far away that may come to us one fine day. We live in anticipation of pleasure. “The How of Happiness” opens an entirely different understanding of joy and satisfaction. It shows that we can learn to be delighted.
⚡️You are the only one who can give yourself lasting and stable happiness.
Here you will find 12 strategies to become happy and learn to choose the ones that are right for you. You will also know that happiness doesn’t depend on the conditions in which you live and that you can be happy even without a lot of money and all the material things. What do you think is hidden behind the hedonic adaptation? What is the role of genes in our ability to be happy? Why is overthinking destructive? Here you will find answers to these questions. Years of research have proven that happiness can be a habit. You don’t have to look for it or wait for it because it is a consequence of your actions. You are the master of your own fulflling life. Choose your strategy for achieving happiness and implement it regularly.