How do you feel today? A new London School of Economics smart phone app called Mappiness wants to track the happiness of people in the United Kingdom and use the results to map happiness across Britain. Inventor George MacKerron writes in The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/13/bright-idea-mappiness-happiness-app that the app measures wellbeing against environmental factors in a new way – and on a larger scale than previously attempted.
Being wealthly can sap the enjoyment from the simple pleasure of savoring a chocolate bar, according to research cited on money website LearnVest. Simple ways to increase enjoyment of a delicious meal, a trip away or other activities include anticipating them in advance and talking about the experience to others while it’s happening and when reminiscing about it.
A thinking trap named “faulty framing” can prevent investors selling a share that plummeted in price, writes the New York Times, even though selling might be the most financially astute thing to do. Taking a loss can cause “emotional distress” and “because it is a paper loss, you hold it in a protected mental account as something that still has hope, even though the market has decided otherwise”.
