Leisure

Balanced Life -- Join or Start a Group. And Please Answer These Six Questions!

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

I've written before about why the resolution to Join or start a group -- any kind of group -- can bring you happiness. I've joined or started fourtee...

Southern U.S. Less Energetic Than Nation's West And North

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 7, 2011 edition.) If Saturdays find you in an easy chair with a magazine--weary ...

Singles Bonding Over Food and Friendship: Cooking Club, Year 39

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Bella DePaulo

If you love food, friends, and camaraderie, and if you would like to hear the story of a club for singles that has nothing to do with dating and has l...

Kitten's Sunday School Streamers, A Viva Elvis Clip, Plus Conversations With Shelby Lynne, Ryan Montbleau and Middle Class Rut's Zack Lopez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

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The 24/7/365 Society vs. La Dolce Vita

Peter Baldwin | Posted 11.17.2011

Peter Baldwin

The more complicated and multifarious our societies become, the less the seasonal and daily rhythms of traditional bourgeois life will have any purchase.

Balanced Life -- Need a Happiness Boost? Read a Good Book

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

I love many different kinds of books, and I read many different kinds of books. But when I read a book that I love, I always get a chill and think, "Yes, THIS is what reading is about!

What Really Matters?

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011

Eliezer Sobel

Which weighs more on the What Really Matters scale, a life of selfless, loving service to loved ones, or a couple of published books? How do we measure the value of our time?

How Americans Spend Their Free Time During The Downturn

Huffington Post | Sherry Shen | Posted 05.25.2011

Stubbornly persistent unemployment has certainly inflicted more than a little economic stress, but that's not stopping Americans from enjoying their l...

Balanced Life -- Twelve Tips For Reading More

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

Reading is an essential part of my work. It forms an important part to my social life. And far more important, reading is my favorite thing to do, by a long shot. I'm not a well-rounded person.

Legoland Florida: Theme Park To Follow In Footsteps Of Legoland California (VIDEO)

Posted 09.19.2011

Legoland Florida is now official, after a series of rumors. The new theme park will be replacing the now defunct Cypress Gardens in Central Florida, w...

A Secret To Happiness: Read For Fun

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

But along with the books I read for work, following my resolution to read better and read at whim I let myself read books just because I feel like it.

Cougar Carnival Cruise Discontinued: Carnival Cruise Lines Ends Offering

Seattle Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Carnival Cruise Lines won't be sailing anymore with a boatload of "cougars" and their willing prey. The Miami-based company has turned down a request ...

Balanced LIfe -- Make Sure the "Fun" is Fun for YOU

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

My children enjoy things that aren't much fun for me, so I get my fun vicariously, by watching their fun. But I've decided to try to steer our activities more to things that we all find fun.

5 Tips For Happiness Reinforced By My Recent Family Vacation

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: my family vacation reminded me of these 5 tips for happiness. I just returned from a wonderful family vac...

The Balanced Life -- Take a Vacation

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Gretchen Rubin

I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...

Unlimited Vacation Days, Dogs at Work and Pet Projects- Innovations in the Workplace

Kari Henley | Posted 11.17.2011

Kari Henley

For those of you who follow my posts, I have been writing about vacations - and our attitudes about taking time off. Two weeks ago I explored America'...

How To Live On $0 A Day: Summer Vacation Ideas To Fit Your Budget

Lesley Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Lesley Stern

Being broke and unemployed is stressful. A change of setting, new experiences and emotional distance will help you face life refreshed and ready to do nothing with renewed vigor.

What We Measure Matters

Chip Conley | Posted 05.25.2011

Chip Conley

Modern man has been liberated by prosperity but not fulfilled by it; psychologists and economists are seeking new ways to measure the intangibles of public welfare.

The Leisure Famine: Take Back Your Vacation

Alison Link | Posted 11.17.2011

Alison Link

Do you return from vacation feeling like you need a vacation? Many Americans do. This month, Take Back Your Time (www.timeday.org) launches the Take B...