Do you know the difference between living a happy life and a meaningful life? It is a little vague, but we do our best to explore the subtle differences between these two concepts. Jed Diamond is the founder of the health program “Men Alive”. We discuss his most recent blog titled How the Science of a Meaningful Life Can Help Us Live Joyfully and Well In the blog he discusses five basic differences:
- Happy people satisfy their wants and needs, but that seems largely irrelevant to a meaningful life.
- Happiness involves being focused on the present, whereas meaningfulness involves thinking more about the past, present, and future—and the relationship between them.
- Meaningfulness is derived from giving to other people; happiness comes from what they give to you.
- Meaningful lives involve stress and challenges.
- Self-expression is important to meaning but not happiness.
In a recent article in New York Magazine, they summarize a study which concludes Men Would Rather Give Themselves Electric Shocks Than Sit Alone With Their Thoughts We discuss why we’re so conditioned with the inability to sit alone.
In this week’s Hit ‘N Run Topic we discuss the new development regarding Archie’s Comic Digest.
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