Happiness According to Yale
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
In the last century, much of psychological study was centered on plumbing the depths of neuroses. There's now a corresponding inquiry into what helps us to build and maintain happiness. Currently, one of the most popular courses Yale has ever offered is a course on how to build and maintain happiness, which seems to evidence two things—that today's Ivy League students are pretty stressed out, and that they want to learn another way of operating. Good for them.
Since you're reading this, I suspect you are interested in such things as well! Therefore, I thought I'd share an article in which someone who audited this class gives us a book report on what he learned. It's a tour of the teacher's research on this worthy topic, and while I found myself disagreeing with a few of the points presented here and there, I thought you'd find it valuable and enjoyable to explore. You can even take the full course for free here if you want to. I think that's pretty cool.