happiness

Shiny Happy People

I’m surrounded by shiny happy people. Some of them online. Some of them on TV. They are everywhere. Insisting that I be inspired, achieve my dreams and generally be so overwhelmed by the awesomeness of my own life. There is no silver lining at this point the whole damn cloud just plumetted to the earth, [...]

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Childfree and Parenthood: The False Dichotomy of Happiness

Apparently, parents are unhappy. More unhappy than their non-parent counterparts. In the New York Magazine article by Jennifer Senior ‘All Joy and No Fun – Why Parents Hate Parenting’, Jennifer dives into a wealth of studies which consistently say the same thing, non-parents are happier than parents. This seems counter-intuitive. Everyone keeps expecting the research [...]

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