You Very Well Could be Happier Elsewhere
Jan. 6th, 2008 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
"Go where the grass is greener". An old phrase but it just might be true. Researchers have looked at what they call a "subjective well being" index of happy places-nations where the people are happier than other places, and have come up with a list and map of the happier and not so happy places. Top of the world-Denmark. The criteria is not necessarily all about how wealthy or not the nation is either. Some wealthier nations did not score very well at all.
..."Which particular out there makes a huge difference in your happiness level. National levels of contentment vary widely, from the morose Moldavians to the chronically cheerful Danes. Happiness, it turns out, is like oil. Some countries are awash in it; others are bone dry." ...more, at least we still have some choice, there
..."Which particular out there makes a huge difference in your happiness level. National levels of contentment vary widely, from the morose Moldavians to the chronically cheerful Danes. Happiness, it turns out, is like oil. Some countries are awash in it; others are bone dry." ...more, at least we still have some choice, there
Here is the paper and map from the study: Subjective Well Being
It's always something.
Date: 2008-01-07 05:53 am (UTC)This led us to the conclusion that home really IS where you choose to make it. If someone isn't happy in place A, moving to place B may be a factor in increasing happiness, but I don't believe it will be a lasting happiness unless the person gotten happier on their own (drugs, therapy, better job, etc.).
Re: It's always something.
Date: 2008-01-07 06:03 am (UTC)