{"id":7217,"date":"2011-06-20T04:30:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=7217"},"modified":"2011-06-20T04:30:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T11:30:19","slug":"7-tips-for-making-more-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/7-tips-for-making-more-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Tips for Making More Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7218\" title=\"happiness jump\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/happiness-jump.jpg\" alt=\"happiness jump\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/happiness-jump.jpg 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/happiness-jump-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Happiness Designer&#8221; Stefan Sagmeister is working on a film about happiness and shared his seven tips for making more happiness in an inspiring TED Talk.<\/h3>\n<p>He analyzed data on happiness and found that happiness doesn&#8217;t have much to do with race, sex, age, or even economic status. So, what does make us happy?<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2010S\/Blank\/StefanSagmeister_2010S-320k.mp4&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/StefanSagmeister-2010S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=1159&amp;lang=&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=stefan_sagmeister_7_rules_for_making_more_happiness;year=2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=what_makes_us_happy;event=TED%40Cannes;tag=Arts;tag=Design;tag=film;tag=happiness;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>What his happiness tips seem to boil down to are taking control of your life, forming meaningful relationships, seeking out new experiences, and making an effort to work on creative projects that are meaningful to you. I think I&#8217;d also add that just taking the time to think about what makes you happy can really increase your happiness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;d love to hear from you guys!<\/strong> What makes you happy? Let&#8217;s spread some joy in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilerin\/3565026821\" target=\"_blank\">Evil Erin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Happiness Designer&#8221; Stefan Sagmeister is working on a film about happiness and shared his seven tips for making more happiness in an inspiring TED Talk. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/7-tips-for-making-more-happiness\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[661,15,5082],"tags":[2510,5630,5631,3327],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/happiness-jump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}