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This article was originally published in August 2020 and has since been updated When you turn on the news or read the headlines that constantly appear on your Facebook feed, it’s easy to start to think that human nature is inherently evil, angry, and selfish- and rightly so. It seems that every day we’re given […]
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This article was originally published May 23, 2020, and has since been updated. The psychology of happiness is well-studied, and at this point we have a fairly solid understanding of what, in general, makes most of us happy. Activities like dancing, or going for a walk in the woods, help us to feel joyful and […]
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We’ve all thought about what we would do if we won the lottery. With our financial woes out of the way, it seems as though the path to a happy life is pretty straightforward – but is it? Science says winning the lottery does not make people happier in the long run. Rather, this Harvard […]
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Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world for five years in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report. This report started ten years ago and is funded by the United Nations. The rankings are based on opinion polls asking citizens about their happiness levels in addition to other important information, […]
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Sometimes to get a job done you just have to do it yourself. That’s exactly what this Toronto man did when his community garden was in desperate need of a staircase. Now, the city has threatened to tear it down. Toronto Man Builds Staircase in Park In the summer of 2017, Adi Astl of Etobicoke […]
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This father was told he had only a few months left to live. Wanting to make the most of it, he wrote a bucket list of things to do before he died. On the top of that list was to watch his son play his season opener football game. Thankfully, he had a hospice nurse […]
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At one point in history, people who went to college were in the minority. Higher education was reserved primarily for intellectuals hoping to have a career in academia. Today, however, the opposite is true. By the end of the twentieth century, going to college was considered a “no-brainer”. Every student was expected to at least […]
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Left handers have had their share of troubles in the past. Left-handedness was stigmatized and often thought of as an abnormality, a sign of weakness, or even demonic possession. To their disadvantage, children were forced to write with their right hands. Fortunately, we know there’s nothing wrong with being left-handed. Now, lefties take up about […]
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Have you ever been sitting at a table of women chatting when you realized that the entire conversation centered around gossiping about and putting down others? If you sat there thinking “well at least they’re not talking about me!” then you clearly haven’t thought about who they’re talking about when you’re not there. Here’s the […]
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In 2016, when science teacher Kamal Bell realized his African-American students were unable to connect fully with the learning environment, he came up with a way to boost their confidence while also providing some of their basic needs at home. Bell invented the term “at-possibility” to describe his students who would have been otherwise referred […]
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When we are younger, we tend to consider every playmate and classmate our friend. Birthday parties in elementary school are large affairs with friends crowded around the table. As we grow older, this crowd diminishes. We begin to notice different kinds of friends, including those who are just casual acquaintances. We end up losing friends. Some friends […]
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A woman in Florida was separated from her husband due to the coronavirus pandemic. He was placed in a facility seven years ago after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. After social distancing regulations kept them apart for 114 days, Mary Daniel found a way to see her husband Steve again. She became the official dishwasher at the […]
