Happiness Facts

Happiness and stress are contagious; surrounding yourself with happier people will make you happier too.

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Money can buy happiness, but researchers have found that its emotional well-being benefits max out at a salary of about 75K a year.

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Acts of kindness make us happier and healthier.

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Exercise: Makes You More Productive and Happier All Day After Exercising

Exercising makes you both more productive and happier for the rest of the day. Thanks to the release of brain chemicals, it improves your brain function and memory, and the positive effect lasts for the entire day.

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Karl Pillemer, a professor, performed a study on thousands of elderly people and what advice they had about life. On happiness, there was a consensus: “the elders viewed happiness as a choice, not the result of how life treats you.”

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Women who play video games tend to have more sex and be happier with their relationships than those who don’t.

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The key to happiness is spending your money on experiences rather than possessions, according to studies.

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Eating a banana can cheer you up!

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