How to WISELY shop for Happiness

A very interesting Interview with  a professor known as "Professor Happiness"

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/23/healthscience/22conv.php?page=1

Some of the interesting facts You'll know are:

• bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too.
• As a species, we tend to be moderately happy with whatever we get. If you take a scale that goes from zero to 100, people, generally, report their happiness at about 75. We keep trying to get to 100. Sometimes, we get there. But we don't stay long.
• most of us will return to our emotional baselines more quickly than we'd predict
• Human relationships and experiences provide more happiness than any other thing.
• The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness