According to a Gallup poll that measures happiness through the years, when the markets tanked last fall, happiness did too, but here’s the funny thing: by this past summer, overall well-being was higher than it was in the summer of 2008, before the Apocalypse. In fact, the latest report finds America’s cheeriness at an all-time high.
It seems that many people are finding the upside in the downturn.
(Read more in Time magazine)
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General happiness is also an important factor in good health. I have seen many patients and clients purposefully rev up their happiness factor as one strategy to help them through illness.