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I've spent years studying happiness – here's what actually makes for a happier life

By Christopher Boyce, Honorary Research Associate at the Behavioural Science Centre, University of Stirling

It’s one thing to know what makes people happy, but quite another to live a happy life oneself. I didn’t get a true taste of happiness until I quit my decade-long career as a happiness academic, packed all I’d need for many months onto a bicycle, and began meandering my way around the world to Bhutan.

For those unfamiliar with Bhutan, it’s a small Himalayan kingdom, famed for basing all…

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