
PsychologySeptember 5, 2025
Small, Easy Acts of Joy Mean Big Gains in Happiness
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
Xuhai “Orson” Xu is an assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Columbia University. He studies human-computer interaction, wearable computing, and applied artificial intelligence for mental and physical health.

Small, Easy Acts of Joy Mean Big Gains in Happiness
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions