How To Have A Meaningful Life, According To Science


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Have you set up your bucket list yet? Do you have a purpose in life? Something that you must get done for you to consider your existence a success? These are not easy questions, and while they seem like things we should have answers to, it’s completely normal to be a little stumped. We all know we want to be happy, but sometimes we’re not entirely sure how to achieve that.

People have been striving for hundreds of years to figure out what makes people happy, what gives purpose to our lives. Great philosophers certainly tried, but now the scientists are getting involved, and making good leeway. As an article on the Huffington Post has presented, science now has some of the information we need to determine what will give our life meaning, along with why we need it:

A meaningful life is crucial to your health and happiness. Research shows that when you feel fulfilled, you’re happier at work and you may even live longer. And here’s even more good news: It doesn’t take a lot of effort to find your purpose.

Happify, a website and app dedicated to helping people build skills for happiness through science-based activities and games, detailed all the research-backed ways you can find meaning in the infographic below.

You want to see that infographic now don’t you? I don’t blame you, it is interesting. Go check it out over at the Huffington Post.

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