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How to Be Happier, According to Science

Maps + Infographics
by Ana Bulnes Jan 2, 2018

All our resolutions, all the promises we make to ourselves and all our wishes, ultimately have one big goal — we want to be happy. Unfortunately, as we all know, it’s not as easy as it should be. On our way to happiness, there are two main problems. The first and most important one is we don’t really know what happiness is. The second one is that many of our ideas on how to get there are misguided.

But what does science say? What is happiness? What can we do to be happier? The guys at Happify created this useful infographic with the main things science has found out about humanity’s ultimate goal. The good news? It’s not as complicated as we thought. Here’s to a happy 2018.

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