Christmas is supposed to be the season of goodwill and cheer, but as the singer Kesha recently pointed out in an essay for TIME magazine, it doesn't always have that effect. After all, there are a lot of myths and misconceptions around happiness, many of which come to the fore during the festive season...› We can't buy happiness Festive melancholy has a lot to do with mindless spending. ›Happiness isn't circumstantialYou'll be happy once you get your Christmas shopping done and dusted. ›Happiness isn't earned A lot of people think of happiness as a debit/credit system. ›Happiness isn't naivety We are culturally programmed to believe that world-weariness has more gravitas than cheeriness.

Source: Irish Independent December 12, 2017 02:26 UTC