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Some Good Articles

• The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard for How to be Happy

  There are some good nuggets here. I really like the idea of the “mini vacation.” You list the things you liked about a recent vacation and then recreate those activities/ behaviours at home — sleep in, going for a bike ride, visiting a museum etc.

  Ha, I realise I don’t particularly like doing ANY of the three behaviours I listed above! Thinking back to our recent Australia trip, the things I liked were not being rushed in the morning (do-able); going out for breakfast (do-able); swimming outside (do-able in the summer) and seeing kangaroos in the countryside (trickier).

  To prolong the happiness you felt on vacation, list what you loved most about the trip, said Sarah Pressman, a professor of psychological science at the University of California, Irvine. Say, daily naps, reading novels or family dinners.

• Why We Forget Our Childhoods

  A study about the phenomenon of childhood amnesia. Why can’t we remember anything before …