This chapter explores how actively and obsessively pursuing happiness can lead to unhappiness. It emphasizes the importance of enjoying the journey and not constantly measuring one's happiness, and discusses the context-dependent nature of happiness. It also highlights the potential drawbacks of meditation in relation to happiness and the role of drugs and alcohol in enhancing happiness.
Imagine if you could sit down with one of the world’s leading happiness researchers and ask her, one by one, what actually makes people happier and what doesn’t?
Well, that’s basically what I did.
In this episode, Sonja and I get deep into the subject of happiness. One by one, we conclude which of life’s simple and not-so-simple pleasures are underrated or overrated. Some of the answers will definitely surprise you.
Do yourself a favor—watch, like, and share the happiness.