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“Prioritizing These Three Things Will Improve Your Life — And Maybe Even Save It” – The Washington Post, April 28, 2017

Three simple ideas could go a long way in helping us live better lives: (1) Face-to-face social interaction (not texting or emails) leads to a longer life; (2) Knowing when to turn off your smartphone enriches your life (they’ve taken away our “stopping cues” – contrary to a book or a movie, scrolling on the phone is endless and we don’t know when to break away); (3) Chasing meaning, not happiness, is what really matters (meaning can be derived from belonging, purpose, transcendence and storytelling).

Malleret explores a paradox unique to the United States: despite the fact that income per person has risen nearly three times since 1960, measured happiness is on the significant decline. What factors are contributing to the new American misery? And why is the epidemic of “deaths of despair” (caused by suicide, drugs and other addictions) a trend unique to this rich nation?

New World Happiness Report – “Where Are the Happiest Countries?” – CNN, March 21, 2017

The UN’s latest World Happiness Report was recently released, and Norway took the “world’s happiest country” honors for the first time with Nordic/Northern European nations cleaning up: Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland and the Netherlands took the next five spots. The World Happiness Report 2017 ranked 155 countries with six factors explaining much of the difference in happiness among countries. Key finding: social factors like community foundations and trust play an underappreciated role compared to per capita income. For instance, countries like China and the U.S., which have seen recent significant economic growth, saw their happiness scores decline.

Why Time Management is Ruining Our Lives – The Guardian, December 22, 2016

All of our efforts to be more productive backfire – and only make us feel even busier and more stressed.