- What Happy People Do Differently | Psychology Today
“It turns out that activities that lead us to feel uncertainty, discomfort, and even a dash of guilt are associated with some of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of people’s lives. Happy people, it seems, engage in a wide range of counterintuitive habits that seem, well, downright unhappy”.
- 10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science | The Buffer Blog
Ten simple tips on being happy, in case you don’t have time to plough through the other articles.
- The abundance of slowness | Medium
“‘Our frantic days are really just a hedge against emptiness.’ – Tim Kreider, NYTimes.com”.
- The Habits Of Supremely Happy People | The Huffington Post
Just to reinforce what you’ve read in the other three articles.
- Delusionist | oglaf.com
And finally, if all else fails…
Tag: productivity
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Stuff you must read today (Fri, 20 Sep 2013) – The Happiness Edition
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A Farewell to Astrid
I’ve been using Astrid, a to-do list manager, for a while but it’s gonna be shut down in a bit, no thanks to Yahoo!’s acquisition of the app.
I’ve been searching for a new task management app to use but I haven’t found anything as user-friendly and as intuitive as Astrid.
Seriously, Astrid is one of the best apps I’ve ever used, which is why I’m pretty pissed with Yahoo! for making such a stupid decision to take-over the app.
Why it was a stupid decision:
- Bad PR for Yahoo!.
Astrid users are pissed that Yahoo! has gone and killed a good thing (check out Astrid’s Facebook Page).
There’s quite a bit of unhappy murmuring going on, so the bad press means no one’s gonna be inclined to use Yahoo! products now.
- No one’s using Yahoo!.
Furthermore – and I’m calling this right here and now – Yahoo! is going and will go the way of the dinosaur.
Even if Yahoo! develops its own task-management app based on Astrid, no one’s going to use it because there isn’t any faith in Yahoo’s continuity and longevity.
- Customers won’t return.
Even if Yahoo! reverses its decision i.e. it keeps Astrid alive, no one is going to use it!
Everyone has migrated to other platforms in droves; even I’ve moved to Todoist, after a long and lengthy search for an Astrid replacement.
So users will need damn good reason to return – either that, or a miracle.
Anyway, if I had the skills, I’d build an app to manage my tasks the way Astrid has been doing so, and as a bonus, design it such that it can be synced with Google Calendar to help me organise my schedule.
- Bad PR for Yahoo!.