| Reuters By Deepa Babington Americans are less happy today than they were 30 years ago thanks to longer working hours and a deterioration in the quality of their relationships with friends and neighbors, according to an Italian study. Researchers presenting their work at a conference on "policies for happiness" at Italy's Siena University honed in on two major forces that boost happiness-- higher income and better social relationships -- and put a dollar value on them. Based on that, they concluded a person with no friends or social relations with neighbors would have to earn $320,000 more each year than someone who did to enjoy the same level of happiness. go figure. the money value of human connection. |
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| ah chemistry and its many forms. bah. and i can't believe freshman year is over. today was the last day of classes. x_x |
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| caroline, you're crazy. listening to too much paula deanda and putting things in consideration that you shouldn't. |
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| wow so been meaning to update for literally months. this is most definitely the longest i've ever gone without updating this thing i'm pretty sure. it's seen me through since middle school... eh? i'm old. T_T forget myspace and facebook (although that is where i'm at these days =x). oyeee. prom, graduation, and summer have come and gone and this girl is at georgetown. who'd a thunk? so of course i'm updating when i have a huge exam tomorrow and shitloads of work for the next few days... ah the beauty of it all. it's been so long since last we met
lie down forever lie down
and have you any money to bet
lie down forever lie down =] welcome back, caroline. side note: apparently it's my 1703rd day on xanga. and i still haven't gone premium. maybe i will one of these days. ... eh. |
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