You can always use some happiness-boosting ideas post-divorce. Here are some I've identified in a YourTango article.
My son flew home recently and told me how he arrived at his seat and promptly put on headphones to avoid taking to anyone. I explained that a recent study found that those who talk to the person beside them on a plane or train arrive happier. He wasn't buying it.
We all know that doing meaningful work, being with people you
love and avoiding all things toxic increase happiness. Then there are unexpected
things, like talking to strangers on planes, that increase happiness. Here are
a few other unexpected happiness boosters:
1.
Buy
experiential products. You may know that experiences, like your last
vacation trip, make
you happier than things, like your lovely new sofa. What you may not know
is that buying things that are related to experiences, like the Garmin for
those long runs I love, creates and enhances happiness more than buying
non-experiential products. Memo to self: the last pretty watch I bought neither
created nor enhanced my experience of anything.
