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Happiness Article

Ideas:

a) how people in different stages of life pursue happiness.

b) double check the article to see if the idea of pursuing happiness and being happy are incompatible

c) add section about dan gilberts idea of synthetic happiness

1. Rewatch his ted talk and read articles you can find.

d) clean up article by revising vague statements and making sure everything is on topic.

On a smaller time scale, the adult life, views of happiness and what brings happiness can change and evolve. In early and emerging adulthood many focus efforts of finding and being happy through friends, objects, and money. Middle aged-adults generally transition from searching for object based happiness to looking for happiness in money and relationships. In older adulthood, people tend to focus more on personal peace and lasting relationships (ex. Children, spouse, grandchildren).

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