{"id":1507,"date":"2010-09-01T10:45:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T09:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2012-05-29T21:53:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:53:00","slug":"the-ft-publish-the-7-surprising-secrets-of-a-happy-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2010\/09\/the-ft-publish-the-7-surprising-secrets-of-a-happy-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The FT publish the 7 surprising secrets of a happy life."},"content":{"rendered":"

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I'm happy! No really I am.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

FT<\/a> weekend magazine had an article\u00a0 about the seven surprising secrets of a happy life.<\/p>\n

In a nutshell they believe they are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Money buys you little \thappiness.<\/strong>So who needs happiness if you’re that \trich anyway. Just buy friends. It’s easier, they will agree with \teverything you say, laugh at your jokes and tell you how fabulous \tyou are even it you’re a bitchy troll. So you pick up the drinks \tbill \u2013 so what Diddums ? you’re rich shut-up and get on with it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Friends are worth more than a \tnew Ferrari –<\/strong>My friends aren’t. They are worth \tabout the same as Smart Car though they’re not very Smart so maybe \tmore a Fiat panda circa 1986. I am worth more to them as I have \thurdies like a distant hill \u2013 see Secret 5.<\/li>\n
    2. Winning the lottery won’t make \tyou instantly happy.<\/strong>So had the person that came up with \tthat pearl of wisdom actually won the lottery? Or is it more \ttheoretical bullshit. Winning the lottery would make me happy. I \tknow it would. The only problem is I haven’t.<\/li>\n
    3. Losing your job makes you \tunhappy \u2013 but less so when others have too<\/strong>That’s just obvious of course losing \tyour job makes you unhappy. The second part is just plain nasty \u2013 \tI’ve lost my job I’m bloody miserable. Oh you’ve lost yours too? \tThanks now I feel a lot better \u2013 loser.<\/li>\n
    4. Fat Friends make you happier \tthan thin ones.<\/strong>On this basis I\n
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      This woman is ecstatic she has a fat friend. See? It works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      fully expect to be inundated with friends. I will make\u00a0 them happy. I will. \t Chunky, chubby, chums – yup I am your girl there. You see it all works out in the end.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      5.\u00a0 Divorce can make you happy<\/strong> itt can make you thin that’s for sure. \tShedding 140lbs of unslightly fat \u2013 your husband\u00a0 -of course it’s \tgoing to make you happy.<\/p>\n

      6. Happiness is Contagious.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Watch out tax payers the Government \twill have spent all our hard earned cash on developing an antidote \tto it and will have us in a nationwide immunisation program before \tyou can say ‘ See this rash? Is that happiness?’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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