The Secrets to Happiness Around the World
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With the toll 2020 took on all of us, the pursuit of happiness seemed more challenging than ever, but we learned that everyone can relate to isolation and dark days. How each of us finds happiness is another story though, suggests
The Atlas of Happiness: The Global Secrets of How to Be Happy, in which Helen Russell shares 30 countries' take on contentment. Our list below highlights some of our favorite cultural concepts from the book, as well as some additions. From channeling your inner grit—or
sisu, used by the Finns to survive the Arctic darkness—to embracing life's fleeting, imperfect moments according to the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, here are the secrets to being happy around the world.