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Choosing Happiness

Focus on the Main Thing

Quote of the Week:
“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.”
- Voltaire

A few weekends ago, I got together with 2 close friends on Saturday morning to walk in the park. We met early (7:30) to beat the oppressive Summer heat.

A lot was covered:

• Work
• Family
• Current events
• Funny memories

Towards the end, one of my friends (we’ll call him T), brought up Robert Waldinger’s work directing the Harvard Study of Adult Development. Waldinger is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen Priest, and part-time faculty member at Harvard Medical.

The Harvard Study of Adult Development is one of the longest running studies of adult life ever conducted and was designed to produce lessons and learnings on how to live longer, happier lives.

It started in 1938 and continues to this day.

The current version of the study is quite different from the original (which studied only male students at Harvard), but the results over time and with varying demographics…