Friends = Happiness

by Byron Woodson II

I saw a nice little ditty of a post on Slate.com about how to be happy by basically being a netweaver. The blog that I pulled it from is about cultivating happiness. A woman journeys through life diligently applying all of the self-help and happiness tips she can find.

These are a few (seven) tips that she found in relationship to friendships. If you do these things consistently, then you will experience more joy and happiness in your life.

1. Show up
2. Join a group
3. Form a group
4. Say nice things about other people
5. Set a target
6. Make an effort to smile
7. Make friends with friends-of-friends

The blog itself is worth reading because of a few useful links it has. What i didn't find was an article about how happiness spreads locally from NPR, which i'm sure i saw originally on slate.