In her small dorm room, junior Anne Kwok only has space for a handful of books. Almost all of them are from an IntroSem she took frosh year: “Perspectives on the Good Life.” The texts included Emily ...
It may not be happy or fulfilling, but it can still be a good life. We all want to experience a "good life." Though we may have different definitions of what this means, it generally includes building ...
What makes a “good life?" Philosophers and psychologists have historically focused on two aspects: happiness and meaning. The happy life, high in hedonic well-being, is filled with positive emotions ...
But what a good life looks like and how to create it have been existential questions pondered for millennia by philosophers, some of whom have offered abstract or difficult-to-obtain perspectives on ...
What makes a good life? For decades, psychologists have debated whether true fulfillment comes from happiness—a life of comfort and joy—or meaning—a life of purpose and impact. But what if there's a ...
Do you think a good life is a happy life? A meaningful life? It can be. But there is another dimension of the good life that, until now, has been vastly underappreciated. In an important article just ...
Is your life monotonous or filled with enriching experiences? Here’s how to know if you’re living a “psychologically rich” life. Is your life stuck in routine or brimming with experiences that ...