Happiness Is a Full Tank of Gas

What do 20 million in album sales and a decade of success get you? For the members of Rascal Flatts, it's mostly peace of mind – oh, ...
Book reviews of "The Happiness Project," "Bluebird" and "Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire"

By Gretchen Rubin By Ariel Gore By Mireille Guiliano The happiness of American women was called into question recently by a study titled ...
Happiness Is Super Bowl XLIV

Baseball has not, and it is well established that Chicago Cubs fans do not believe happiness exists. Happiness has always fascinated thinkers, ...
"Marriage is About...Tea, Doctor's Appointments, Trivia, Quirks."

From time to time, I post short interviews with interesting people about their insights on happiness. During my study of happiness, I've noticed that I ...
How to improve your finances and your life

We cram more into our calendars and work harder, but this doesn't guarantee success or happiness. It only guarantees we'll be overworked, overscheduled and overstressed. There's too much to do and not enough time. Most of us feel pulled in a hundred different directions and have no idea where to start. That's OK. Help is on the way. Your Other 8 Hours provides a blueprint that will help you carve out more time in your day and find the inspiration to spend that free time in a more productive way. Whether you want to start a business, develop a hobby, lose weight or write the next great American novel, I'll show you how to use your other 8 hours to create new wealth and purpose in you...
Stop Being the Un-Cola!

Well, it needs to be based on what the GOP has always stood for: equality of opportunity but not a guarantee of wealth and happiness (i.e., we’re talking about our nation’s foundational values, “the pursuit of happiness” not the automatic right to happiness). In other words, Republicans need to make clear that they are not in favor of government handouts, or a nanny state, but that they are for a society that supports opportunity, a free market and individuals willing take roll up their sleeves and take risks. They need this kind of affirmative, concrete platform to build the future of their party’s brand. Scott Brown might be that transf...
Colorado's Lottery Spot Makes Breaks My Heart

But the happiness their ad offers is fleeting, because winning it big has the potential to ruin your life — especially if you're already unhappy. ...
Edmund N. Carpenter, II

I have set down here the things which I, at this age, believe essential to happiness and complete enjoyment of life. Some of them will doubtless seem very ...
Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project'

As the author of The Happiness Project, a No. 1 bestseller since the end of last year, Rubin now stands as the living-breathing embodiment of cheerfulness, ...
Have a happier vacation
Gretchen Rubin has attempted to put into practice the insights of positive psychology, and she recounts the story in her new book, The Happiness Project: Or ...