Comments on: Do you overemphasize happiness?

By: Interesting or good? Interesting or happy? « GLOG

Interesting or good? Interesting or happy? « GLOG — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:09:36 +0000

[...] says in another post, "I think I want an interesting life. Not that I want to be interesting, but I want to be [...]

By: Making Your Craziest Goals Attainable « Life Despite Lupus

Making Your Craziest Goals Attainable « Life Despite Lupus — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:21:29 +0000

[...] Then I found an article that hit home for me. No, I don't have Asperger's as the article's writer does, but I think the article applies to everyone. It all boils down to a simple question: what do you want most in life? Do you want stability more than excitement, or vice versa? There is no wrong answer, just a choice of priority. When you have lupus, prioritizing is a fundamental skill. [...]

By: alex chiang: web 6.0 » life changes

alex chiang: web 6.0 » life changes — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:42:09 +0000

[...] Pleasantville, and I've never been happier living here for 8 years. But Penelope claims that you cannot have both a happy life and an interesting life; you have to choose [...]

By: Sandy Morgan

Sandy Morgan — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:55:36 +0000

As one door closes another one opens, adapting to change contributes to being the main factor in my happiness

By: Sasana

Sasana — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:07:32 +0000

"And this is the main question I've been asking you for the past two years, and I still haven't gotten a straight answer. "

This is an interesting way of looking at Penelope's blog, because it assumes that she knows the answer to everything – such as, can all people with a certain diagnosis find fulfillment – and if she doesn't "give a straight answer" it means she is withholding information.

Penelope, are you God? Just give me a straight answer!

By: Arbejdsglaede | Cranial Gunk

Arbejdsglaede | Cranial Gunk — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:04:44 +0000

[...] Trunk (one of my favorite bloggers and the reason I started blogging) says we overemphasize happiness and that she would prefer an interesting life to a happy [...]

By: A Perfect Life vs An Interesting Life | Dad's Primal Scream Blog

A Perfect Life vs An Interesting Life | Dad's Primal Scream Blog — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:37:17 +0000

[...] read 2 blog posts on this topic recently that I really love. The first one titled Do You Overemphasize Happiness? reviews some research on happiness and concludes a person has to choose between being happy and [...]

By: Hello world! « Work Fanatic

Hello world! « Work Fanatic — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:02:45 +0000

[...] research has been a big disappointment to me. For a bazillion reasons. But today the disappointment is that it assumes we have no limits. The most [...]

By: Joan Weiss

Joan Weiss — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:37:18 +0000

I scored a 0 on your happiness/interesting quiz. Not sure what that means, but it is probably accurate. Welcome to WI. I live in Prairie du Sac, WI and make trips to places like NY to get my energy fixes. It's manageable and I love my life. Hope you enjoy it here too.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:41:38 +0000

The old Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.”