What We Get Wrong About Happiness, According To A Real Happiness Professor
Huff PostMengwen Cao via Getty Images It’s commonly said that happiness can’t be bought. “They typically think of as having two parts: a cognitive component — whether you’re satisfied with your life — and an emotional component — whether you have lots of positive and not so many negative emotions, which is sort of whether you are satisfied in your life,” Santos said. Santos said one of the most common misconceptions is that “we can’t change our happiness.” In other words, we think we’re predisposed to a certain level of joy. “For those of us who are living above the poverty line in relatively safe situations, our circumstances don’t matter as much as we think,” Santos said. Santos said it’s vital to acknowledge “that we have these misconceptions” about happiness.
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