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Quiz: How Happy Are You?

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  1. 1. Postulator 10:18 PM 10/28/11

    So if you're in a rich country, you're fine and happy. Go figure.

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  2. 2. Venomlust 07:32 PM 11/2/11

    What asinine reality show am I going to watch today? LIFE IN THE U.S. IS STRESSFUL!

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  3. 3. Charlie Taylor PhD 01:29 PM 11/11/11

    The interesting outlier (somewhat) is Costa Rica - also featured as one of the "Blue Zones" (recent book by Dan Buettner), with an unusual percentage of people living past 100 years...They must be doing something right there, even without a lot of wealth.

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  4. 4. ElderSage 12:39 AM 3/18/12

    The primary factor of your happiness/satisfaction with life is your level of consciousness.

    People will make excuses and blame external factors for their unhappiness. But in reality, it is the way they 'hold' events/ideas (what something 'means' to them) and the choices they make (such as whether to forgive or to instead hold a grudge) that determine their subjective experience and thus their happiness or unhappiness with life.

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