Happy time

	The Atlantic ⁦‪@TheAtlantic‬⁩ In this episode of How to Build a Happy life, ⁦‪@arthurbrooks‬⁩ and ⁦‪@rebecca_rashid‬⁩ explore the gap between how we want to use our time and how we actually do. A conversation with ⁦‪@ashleywhillans‬⁩ helps us understand our complex relationship with time. theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…   10/30/22, 12:15 AM

How to be happy-Andrew Copson

and Richard Docwra

Ep 4 - how to be happy
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"charms to secure happiness"

"There are charms to secure happiness. If you believe that you are going to be lucky, you go about your business with a smile, you take disaster with a smile, you start afresh with a smile. And to do that is to be in the way of happiness." ~A.A.Milne #SaturdayMotivation https://t.co/p6qT6g4Bgd

(https://twitter.com/A_AMilne/status/1583702426468896769?s=02)

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	TED Talks ⁦‪@TEDTalks‬⁩ "So much of life drains us, but fun fills us up." Watch Catherine Price's full talk to learn why you need playfulness in your everyday life — and how to make it happen: t.ted.com/ZmpdcZo pic.twitter.com/uErSoWOG9i   10/8/22, 3:49 PM

The Little Rituals That Keep Us Going

Reading Nancy Drew. Watching the birds every day. Counting yellow doors. Thousands of Times readers shared their wellness “non-negotiables.”

...Nearly 2,000 people shared practices that anchor and animate their days. Below is an edited selection of some of our favorites — ways to stay grounded, become healthier or just a little bit happier. Read through to get inspired, and tell us about your non-negotiables in the comments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/well/live/wellness-rituals.html?smid=em-share

Positivity Is Overrated.

In acknowledging struggle, Kieran Setiya’s “Life Is Hard” offers an alternative to the bromides.

BISHOP, Calif. — Before the Egyptians built the Pyramids, before Jesus Christ was born, before the Roman Empire formed or collapsed, the trees were here.

Ten thousand feet up in the White Mountains of central California, in a harsh alpine desert where little else survives, groves of gnarled, majestic Great Basin bristlecone pines endure, some for nearly 5,000 years. Their multicolor trunks bend at gravity-defying angles, and their bare branches jut toward the sky, as if plucked from the imaginations of Tim Burton or J.K. Rowling.

These ancient organisms, generally considered the oldest trees on Earth, seem to have escaped the stringent laws of nature...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/books/review/life-is-hard-kieran-setiya.html?smid=em-share