For the last few weeks, I’ve been dropping a provocative question into conversations: “what would make you happier?”

This is an interesting experiment and I recommend you try it. I received varied and thoughtful answers, but the most common ones were to do with more money and better careers. It’s almost as it, hidden deep in the rules of our modern culture, there’s an assumption. It says that happiness is found in the external circumstances around us – in our jobs, houses, and bank balances. Read the rest of this entry »