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Take charge of your mental health.
Everybody wants to be happy.
That's why the
At this point, we actually know a fair amount about how certain behaviors, attitudes, and choices relate to happiness, though most research on the topic can only find correlations.
Researchers think that roughly $4 is under our own control; the rest is determined by genetics and external factors. That means there's a lot we can do to control our own happiness.
Here are nine happiness-promoting behaviors backed by science.