Via The Upworthiest \\ Happiness researcher explains how making a ‘reverse bucket list’ can change your life

 

Happiness researcher explains how making a ‘reverse bucket list’ can change your life Take life by the bucket. By Annie Reneau We live in a society that prizes ambition, celebrating goal-setting, and hustle culture as praiseworthy vehicles on the road to success. We also live in a society that associates successfully getting whatever our hearts desire with happiness. The formula we internalize from an early age is that desire + ambition + goal-setting + doing what it takes = a successful, happy life. But as Harvard University happiness researcher Arthur C. Brooks has found, in his studies as well as his own experience, that happiness doesn’t follow that formula. “It took me too long to figure this one out,” Brooks told podcast host Tim Ferriss, explaining why he uses a “reverse bucket list” to live a happier life. Read the story