From The Happiness Project

• Gretchen: Is there anything that you see people around you doing or saying that adds a lot to their happiness, or detracts a lot from their happiness?
• Dan: On the positive side, I find that people who do a lot of socializing tend to be pretty happy. That surprises me a bit, since I'm not a big glad-hander or party-goer. But the evidence seems clear. On the negative side, I see lots of people who are essentially sleepwalking -- do the same things, in the same ways, over and over again. I don't think they're necessarily unhappy. But I don't think they're truly awake. And wakefulness seems to be a prerequisite for happiness.
• See the entire interview at http: //www.happiness-project.com/
• I, along with Gretchen, have been taking a closer look into "happiness" and the studies around it. I love her project - looking forward to her book coming out in 2009.