Show a IM In m M IM m M S y$r' cu BAre men as happy as women? A nationwide poll showed that most women think that men lead happier and more interesting lives and scientific studies give strong support to this view Investigations have shown that women are more subject to feelings of depression and discontent than men and are more easily irritated and upset by commonplace annoyances Psychologists have also found that women have a narrower range of interests and tend to lack man’s capacity for wholehearted enjoyment in many areas of living B Does a Job affect happiness? It has much more to do with-you- r happiness than you may realize If it is absorbing if it provides for full expression of your ability it can make up for disappointments in many other areas of life If you are happy with your work if you have found the job that’s “right” for you you are luckier than 37 percent of all Americans dor a nationwide Gallup survey has shown that only 63 percent of the nation’s breadwinners really enjoy their work Most of the rest told interviewers that if they were to begin all over again they would choose an entirely different field This suggests that one of the most effective ways of protecting your happiness is to spend plenty of time and thought in choosing your occupation BDoes income affect happiness? All studies show that the happiest people are neither rich nor poor and that the rich would be happier if they had less the extremelypodr hpier if they had more So the happiest are in the middle-incobracket There is little for most people between relationship how much money they earn and how much happiness they experience What does have a direct bearing on your happiness (and this applies to everyone) is your attitude toward money Wide-sca- le surveys have shown that of the people who regard plenty of money as essential to happiness only a small percentage rate themselves as happy and that the men and women who regard themselves as the happiest are those who rate love and having a congenial family as far more essential to happiness than financial independence -- me The wall color too! Fre sh - as - spring 1 A ' v ‘1 I ! if J ! J s i m t "is - t-"- r s vt j f t n i r r “’-‘- BWhal separates the happy from the unhappy? Regardless of a person’s status in life or the situation in 4 r 1 Jrv HJ 1Vs-- i I L'r: r:::::H::::i:"H"!ur’::HH:::::“n::::::nnHS:::ir’H::Hi:i:HH:H::::i:::::::HnHHiH::::nH"H:::::in:Hi:::!!:i:n::::: of Minnesota made a careful study of hundreds of couples selected from various walks of life The couples were divided into two groups: the happy and the unhappy Then each person was rated on a five-poi- nt “attractiveness” scale ranging from 1 homely to 5 ex- tremely attractive husbands Happy and and wives scored the highest ratings for attractiveness This relationship between happiness well-adjust- ed and good looks was found to true to an even greater extent women than it did with men The happiest couples were where both husband and wife more or less equally attractive hold with those were which he finds himself he has the choice of two attitudes: being thankful for what he has or regretting the fact that he doesn’t have more Which of the two attitudes you adopt will have a greater bearing on your happiness than any other single factor The more often you assume the first the happier you will be And the more frequently you adopt the second the more unhappy you will make yourself This holds true whether you have much or little whether you are famous or obscure The choice is yours Family Weekly March 19 1961 |