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people are happiest when they are well enmeshed in community and friendships, have their basic survival needs met, and keep their minds stimulated and engaged, often in the service of some sort of cause larger than themselves.
People are least happy at work or while sick in bed, and most happy when they’re with friends or lovers.
what qualified as “nature”? I personally like Oscar Wilde’s broad definition: “a place where birds fly around uncooked.”
shinrin yoku, “forest bathing,”
tsukin jigoku— commuting hell.
Studies show that when people walk in nature, they obsess over negative thoughts much less than when they walk in a city.
