According to Oprah & her people here is how you can get your HAPPY on:
Change your DNA: Apparently the smart people at Berkeley found that up to 50% of your happiness is genetic. 40% is your choice and 10% is life circumstances.
Get Real Quiet: Spending 10 minutes a day doing nothing can bring on the happy.
Get Married & Intimate: You can figure this one out.
Then have some Babies: Although they will make you crazy, it will be a crazy love that amps the happy factor. Research suggest that children are stressful and the happiness rises after the child turns 18.
Take your Neighbor's Cookies: More neighbors you know the more happier and safer you feel. Why cookies? If your neighbor is happy it ups your happiness by 34%
Turn off the tube: Just one episode of modern family is all you need. Happy people watch between 1/2 hour to 1 hour TV per day.
Make a new BFF: You need at least 2 and 9 is recommended so get friendly. Once you are out of elementary school it is ok to have more then one BFF just don't rank them.
Aim for $75,000: For a family of 4 happiness maxes out once you earn $75,000 per year so work hard but don't spend all your time working.
9 months vs. forever: Experiences last a life time. Material purchases fizzle sometime between 1 minute after buying and 9 months SO invest that extra cash & extra time on an adventure.
BTW: this is my own interpretation for the actual information provided on the Oprah show.
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