Be Happy, But Don't Worry So Much About It, How of Happiness blog, Psychology Today

Sonja Lyubomirsky · 16 Jul 2015

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People pursuing happiness should not check on it too often, any more than dieters should weigh themselves several times a day.

Their wordsJust like dieters shouldn’t weigh themselves several times a day, happiness seekers shouldn’t evaluate their happiness too frequently.
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That a few people pursue happiness unhealthily is no reason for everyone else to give up pursuing it.

Their wordsAn unhealthy preoccupation with happiness by the few, however, doesn’t mean that its pursuit should be renounced by the many.
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Happiness evidently does more than feel good: it comes before, goes with and causes success in life.

Their wordsHappiness evidently not only feels good, it precedes, relates to, and causes success in life.
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Experimental research shows that becoming significantly happier is achievable.

Their wordsFortunately, growing experimental research by my laboratory and others also reveals that becoming significantly happier is achievable.

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