Good to see there are some other sites out there looking into this whole “happiness” thing. Can never be too much research or conversation there, if you ask me. Happiness Blog is a site I “stumbled” upon after reading the interview of Dr. Daniel Gilbert by Katie Couric on CBS News.

In that interview Dr. Daniel Gilbert, the award-winning Harvard psychology professor and author of Stumbling on Happiness, has some suggestions on how we can be happy. Katie asked Dr. Gilbert ten questions on the psychology of happiness and he gave her ten answers.

According to Dr. Gilbert, the growing fascination with the science of happiness stems from the fact that even though for the very first time in human history, a sizeable portion of the people on our planet are getting just about everything they need–food, shelter, security–but aren’t all walking around with giant grin.

“Emotion is a compass that tells us whether we are heading in the right or wrong direction, and a compass that is perpetually stuck on NORTH is worthless. Because happiness is a noun we mistakenly think it is something we can acquire and keep. People think that if they aren't happy all the time then they are doing something wrong. The only thing they are doing wrong is having unrealistic expectations about happiness.”
But the guys over at Happiness Blog begrudgingly point out the fact that the good Dr. doesn’t do much to point us in the direction of Happiness with any advice. Perhaps to the benefit of his practitioners. We all deserve the chance to work towards happiness, so we support the continuing conversation.