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Find Your Bliss

It’s an age-old question: What would make me happier? Maybe getting that dream job, finding love or winning the lottery will do it, right? The truth is, while those things might bring temporary happiness, evidence suggests that finding joy is deeper than just getting what you want in a given moment. Happiness comes from within, not from what happens to us.

“There are many factors that contribute to happiness,” explains Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph. D., a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, and the author of . “Happiness really is more internal than external, so it’s how you

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