Do you have:
📌£33,000 salary
📌Five good friends
📌Two children

If you answered yes... you have cracked what scientist believe is the formula of happiness

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⁉️What is the secret to happiness?

It is a question that has plagued philosophers since the dawn of time.

Acording to a neuroscientists at University College London, the answer could lie in the equation:

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⚖️It roughly translates to mean that to be happy we should lower our expectations – but not so low for so long that it makes us unhappy.

Research found happiness depends not on how well they were doing,

🙌But on whether they were doing better than they expected
In practice this means:
🔺Having high expectations about a situation can be a problem.
🔻To intensify happiness, you may need to play down the anticipation

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💷The ideal salary

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can certainly help.

Researchers found British people need a salary of £33,864 to be happy.

🌍Outside Britain, the picture is different; the top 10 happiest countries in the world have an average salary of £64,057.28
🕓Working hours

Debate has long raged over what the ideal working week looked like.

🗓️Researchers from Cambridge University found that the happiest people are part time employees who work one to two days a week
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🤝Five good friends

An 80-year study by Harvard found that close friends are key to happiness.

⏫Oxford University say the maximum number of friends humans can deal with is 150.

Of those:
100 are tenuous
35 less close
10 are most important
and 5 are our ‘support clique’
👶The right number of children

Anyone who has children will know that stress and happiness go hand in hand.

One study found that 2 children was the ideal number, and having more didn’t bring more joy
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🧬'Happy genes'

A study found that people who have a gene known as 5-HTTLPR reported higher life satisfaction than those without it.

💍A Yale study found that a genetic variation known as the GG genotype made people happier in marriages
🛍️Experiences over possessions

Psychologists found that experiences actually make people happier than their belongings.

📚That’s not to say we should stop buying things forever. Purchases, such as books and bicycles – were as effective at providing happiness as experiences
⏳The researchers also found that happiness is fleeting.

“Time-limited joy is an adaptation that helps your brain adjust to your circumstances so you are ready to make your next move,” says researcher Robb Rutledge, from UCL
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