Do you know the six variables that predict happiness? According to this, they are: positive self-esteem, sense of perceived control, extroversion, optimism, positive social relationships and a sense of meaning and purpose to life. Or, to put it more succinctly, a remarkable talent for self-delusion.
Huh. And all this time I thought a good dicking was all it took.
@jolie
A t-shirt slogan for our times: "Dick Yourself Happy"
Huh. Three of these are caused by alcohol, and three are destroyed by it. So I guess beer is proof positive that god hates us and wants us to be miserable.
"Trick yourself happy" is three letters away from "Drink yourself happy," so that's how I choose to perceive it.
@stuffisthings ...but it is only TWO letters away from "Dick yourself happy," maybe jolie has a point!
Aw, hell. I am so screwed.
@stuffisthings Or I guess you could try acupuncture -- "stick yourself happy!"
@stuffisthings You could get ice cream and "lick yourself happy!" Or you could stick your finger in your nose and "pick yourself happy!" Or or or! You could listen to "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Rick yourself happy!"
(I could go on for days.)
@jolie You could shave your junk and Schick yourself happy! You could cover all your furniture in Vaseline and slick yourself happy!
@stuffisthings - When work is tough, I take five minutes to go out for a smoke and nic' myself happy.
@jolie You could listen to Stephen Malkmus solo albums and Jick yourself happy!
@ComradePsmith: Or ram your head into a wall and brick yourself happy...
@Bittersweet You could watch a Growing Pains marathon and Thicke yourself happy!
@Bittersweet I'm gonna go to a backwoods hootenanny and hick myself happy.
@Leon Saint-Jean You could put on a pair of red sequined shoes and click yourself happy!
@jolie You could take up karate and kick yourself happy! (Guys. I can't stop?)
@jolie If there are no willing members around, you could always flick yourself happy.
(sorry)
@MythReindeer HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
(You could apply Brylcreem to your hair and slick yourself happy.)
@MythReindeer Find a little thinspo and sick yourself happy.
(so so sorry)
@jolie You could wind up that old clock and tick yourself happy. Or you could catch lyme disease for a homonym-tastic twist.
@MythReindeer Open a poultry incubator and chick yourself happy.
Or tour the old Borscht Belt and schtick yourself happy.
@Setec Astrology Put on "Sticky Fingers" and Mick yourself happy.
@stuffisthings Drink some syrup of ipecac and emetic yourself happy?
Is it just me, or are five of the six causes of happiness basically synonyms for happiness? Kind of like saying that the main cause of hunger is wanting something to eat.
Wouldn't you be happier if, instead of pretending you have control over a bunch of stuff, you just admitted how little control you have over anything and made peace with that?
@Bittersweet What if you can't?
@MythReindeer Light a candle and wick yourself happy.