Happiness
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No, $75,000 Isn’t “Enough.” But Money Still Can’t Buy Happiness
A landmark 2010 study suggests that our emotional well-being peaks at $75,000. A closer look at the data reveals deeper philosophical insights.
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Beauty and Design Matter to Your Happiness
How much do the spaces we live and work in affect our happiness?
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On Finitude: the Beauty of a Horribly Limited Life
Finitude is the definition of human existence. Instead of hating the fact we’re limited, we can find comfort within those limits.
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On Contentment: A Riddle for the Ages
Diogenes of Sinope was one of the more colorful ancient philosophers. He lived a threadbare existence by choice and got all his food from begging. Instead of a house, he lived in a large ceramic jar (a genus of hermit crabs is named after him for this reason). “He has the most who is content…
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Love, Work, and the Need to Know Yourself
Freud once said that “love and work” is the key to being a complete person. But what does that look like for each of us?
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The 5 Traits of Enduring Friendships
There are five distinct traits I’ve learned are common across enduring friendships and most people seem to be unaware of them.
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How Much Money Do We Really Need to Be Happy?
Most of us can agree that money and happiness are related to some degree, but how much and in what way is the source of eternal debate.
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What Is the Relationship Between Luck and Happiness?
In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle raises a difficult but salient question: Can we consider someone truly happy when we don’t yet know how their life will end? Take the example of the mythical king, Priam. Priam had it all: wealth, status, power, and over fifty sons and daughters. Then the Trojan War happened and everything…
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We Can’t Predict What Will Make Us Happy
Impact bias, presentism, and our brain’s “immune system” all warp our view of what will make us happy in life.
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Should You Live a “Psychologically Rich” Life?
The choice between novelty, meaning, and comfort may be a false one
