幸福人生50事 - 英國《每日郵報》

幸福人生50事　試一夜情 - 蘋果日報 2013年5月8日 

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人生在世，數十年匆匆過，如何才算不枉此生？英國一項最新調查，訪問了2,000名成年人，選出幸福人生必做的50件事，大部份是一些體驗和成就，包括婚姻長久、嚐盡美食，以至獨自去旅行和嘗試一夜情等等，關乎物質的，少之又少。

雖然只是區區50件事，但要做到並不易，一般人平均只做到8件，僅23%受訪者自問人生美滿幸福。研究員指：「幸福人生是能夠享受每一刻，不管是尋刺激還是平淡過日子。」

英國《每日郵報》

幸福人生必做的50件事

1.不為錢發愁

2.不在意別人怎麼想

3.每年度假兩次

4.享受生活中的小舒適

5.感受不同文化

6.不為工作而活，而是為生活而工作

7.償清欠債

8.忠於自己

9.滿足於所得，別在意欠缺的

10.與其把錢儲起，不如花在增廣見聞

11.撥時間給家人朋友

12.嘗試各類食物

13.尋找真愛

14.遊歷至少25國

15.多到戶外去

16.學外語

17.得親友好評

18.幫助有需要的親人

19.減肥14磅

20.把每天當作生命最後一天

21.遊遍全國歷史地標

22.臨時決定去旅行

23.做義工

24.接受挑戰

25.極盡瘋狂血拼一次，只因為負擔得來

26.到非洲觀賞野生動物

27.學樂器

28.婚姻維持逾20年

29.給孫兒留下足夠金錢

30.組織家庭

31.賺錢比同輩多

32.養寵物

33.開快車

34.獨自去旅行

35.教孩子學好

36.結識陌生人

37.遷往陌生地方

38.搞一夜情

39.考獲駕駛執照

40.獲得學位

41.救人一命，做一陣子英雄

42.跟精采刺激但完全錯誤的人交往

43.升職

44.40歲前事業達目標

45.試一次通宵暢飲

46.當眾上台表演

47.跟陌生人親嘴

48.籌備驚喜派對

49.試玩跳傘、笨豬跳之類的至激活動

50.與小朋友相處

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It's not grim up north: Happiness survey finds 9 out of 10 unhappiest towns are down south By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 14 February 2012

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100600/Happiness-survey-Finds-9-10-unhappiest-towns-south.html

The North has a reputation for being colder, rougher and a good deal grimmer than the South of the country.

But people living further north are actually far happier with where they live than their southern counterparts, a survey has shown.

Researchers looked at how more than 25,000 homeowners felt about the safety and neighbourliness of their areas and the size and condition of their properties, among 12 measurements of happiness.

Picturesque: Carlisle in Cumbria scored highest - taking the top spot on the happiest towns list

The five towns or cities that came out best were all in the North of England, with Carlisle scoring highest, followed by York, Huddersfield, Harrogate and Chester.



How thinking of yesterday can make you happy today By DAILY MAIL REPORTER UPDATED: 07:12 GMT, 12 August 2009

The best way to make yourself feel happier is to think of something good that happened to you the day before, an experiment has found.

Volunteers who were asked to recall a pleasant event from the previous 24 hours got an instant 15 per cent boost in cheerfulness.

Other popular techniques, such as expressing gratitude or making yourself smile, also increased happiness levels but not by so much.

Volunteers who recalled a pleasant event from the previous 24 hours got an instant 15 per cent boost in cheerfulness, according to an experiment by Professor Richard Wiseman (right)

The results come from a mass participation experiment conducted by Professor Richard Wiseman.

The Hertfordshire University psychologist got 26,000 people to go online to try out a selection of mood-boosting techniques.

They were randomly told to carry out an act of kindness, recall a pleasant event from the day before, express gratitude or smile for at least 15 seconds twice a day.

A fifth group carried out a 'control' technique for comparison which involved merely thinking about the previous day. All the activities were performed for a week.

Professor Wiseman said: 'Thinking about one positive thing that had happened the day before appears to have been by far the most effective technique. 

'Compared to those in the control group, this quick and simple procedure provided an additional 15 per cent boost in happiness.'

He found 65 per cent of those recalling something positive had a boost in happiness, compared with 50 per cent of those just thinking about the day's events.

An act of kindness led to a 9 per cent boost to happiness, while being grateful for an aspect of life led to an 8 per cent rise.

Making a conscious effort to smile and hold it made people 6 per cent happier.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1205935/How-thinking-yesterday-make-happy-today.html#ixzz2Sxh7wttZ

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