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For the Global Thinker

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Living in the Moment Really Does Make People Happier



Psychologists at Harvard University collected information on the daily activities, thoughts and feelings of 2,250 volunteers to find out how often they were focused on what they were doing, and what made them most happy.
They found that people were happiest when having sex, exercising or in conversation, and least happy when working, resting or using a home computer. And although subjects' minds were wandering nearly half of the time, this consistently made them less happy.
The team conclude that reminiscing, thinking ahead or daydreaming tends to make people more miserable, even when they are thinking about something pleasant.


Read More Here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/nov/11/living-moment-happier

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