If We Generally Know What Makes Us Happy, Why Is It Hard To Embrace?

A relatively Pivotal question of adulthood.

We do have a lot more “happiness” research in the last 10–20 years, including the semi-seminal Harvard study that is now run by Robert Waldinger. I’ve mentioned Waldinger and that study in a couple of posts, probably most notably this one:

What Are The Reasons We Seemingly De-Prioritize Friendships In Our Life?

The happiness discussion gets lots of attention recently, from both prominent YouTubers —

— and people like Oprah:

Now Oprah And Arthur Brooks Will Teach Us About Happiness, Eh?