生活百科快樂生活的6個簡單方法

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You Will Need
Acceptance
Frugality
Happy thoughts
Enjoyable experiences
Environmentalism

Step 1: Assume this is as good as it gets(快樂不是擁有的很多，而是奢求的很少)
Assume you’ll never be richer. Research shows you’re more apt to be content with what you have if you’re not wishing and hoping and praying to get more. The more you buy into the idea that more money will make you happy, the less happy you’ll be.

Embrace the sentiment that true happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you’ve got.

Step 2: Know the truth（金錢買不來幸福）
Don’t assume that more money would make you happier. As long as the bills are getting paid, there’s not much difference on the happiness scale between the rich and the rest of us.

Step 3: Make frugality fun（勤儉也可以很快樂）
Make frugality fun. Figuring out ways to save money can feel as satisfying as spending it.

Step 4: Think happy thoughts（多想想好方面）
Think happy thoughts: People who thought about positive events in their lives for eight minutes per day for three days felt better about their lives a month later, according to a study.

Step 5: Focus on doing instead of spending（不要總想著怎么花錢買，想想自己可以怎么做到）
Focus on things you can do rather than stuff you can buy. Experiences bring more pleasure than possessions, and the good feelings last longer, according to research.

Step 6: Go green（環(huán)保）
Every time you refrain from buying something you don’t need, make do with what you’ve got, or purchase something used, think of the good you’re doing the planet.

Research shows that buying something doesn’t make us as happy as we think it will, or for as long as we assume it will.

【詞匯講解】

1.Frugality  n. 節(jié)儉，儉省
2.Embrace vt. 擁抱，信奉，包含

如：He enfolded the child in an affectionate embrace. 
他疼愛得把孩子緊緊摟在懷里。

A fond embrace. 
深情的擁抱

She eagerly embraced the offer of a trip to Europe. 
她熱情地接受了到歐洲旅行的建議。

3.Environmentalism  n. 環(huán)境保護論，環(huán)保論

4.possession n. 財產(chǎn)，所有，擁有

如：The people had to gather up their few possessions and escaped abroad. 
人們不得不收拾起僅有的一點財物逃到國外去。

He was found in possession of dangerous drugs. 
她被發(fā)現(xiàn)藏有危險物品。

5.satisfying adj. 令人滿意的，圓滿的，可相信的

如：It's a most satisfying meal. 
這是一頓很使人滿足的飯。

Let me reassure you( that) your service is quite satisfying. 
讓我向您保證，您的服務是很令人滿意的。