A Data-Driven Look: Does Your College GPA Matter Down the Road?

From the second we start getting letter grades in school, we’re pushed to reach for the top. Straight A’s, 4.0s, awards – everything. In college, that pressure to maintain a high GPA can cause insane amounts of stress. The logic goes something like: Good GPA → Good Job → Good Income → Happy → Healthy […]

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Deconstructing Happiness: Wealth, Health, and… Cross-Overs?

If you search for famous quotes about “happiness” on GoodReads.com, you will find 7,868 results from people ranging from Socrates to George Carlin. Though far short of the 40,006 quotes you would find about “love,” happiness is one of the most thought-about, spoken-about, and written-about topics in history. Deep thoughts on what comprises or defines […]

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You Don’t Need to Have Kids to be Happy

I hope you’ve read the analysis we published on Quartz.com about the differences between parents and non-parents in the U.S. If you haven’t read it, here are the Cliff’s Notes: On most lifestyle metrics (sleep, fitness, diet, social life, travel, and entertainment), non-parents generally appear, according to the data, to have a better quality of […]

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