{"id":9136,"date":"2019-07-22T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T13:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=9136"},"modified":"2019-07-22T14:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T18:18:07","slug":"recipe-for-a-happy-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/07\/22\/recipe-for-a-happy-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe for a happy life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/aw072219-2.jpg\" alt=\"Recipe for a happy life?\" class=\"wp-image-9127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/aw072219-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/aw072219-2-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Recipe for a happy life?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a wall, I&#8217;m most content when I&#8217;m living in the moment and appreciating what&#8217;s around me. Our busy lives often get us thinking (and stressing) about the future rather than just seeing what&#8217;s in front of us. For me, the practice of this mindfulness leads to greater contentment and happiness in the day-to-day. If you&#8217;re interested in reading more about this, check out Jon Kabat-Zin&#8217;s &#8216;Full Catastrophe Living&#8217; at RA785 .K33 1990! I hear therapy really helps personalize your path to happiness, too&#8230; \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a wall, I&#8217;m most content when I&#8217;m living in the moment and appreciating what&#8217;s around me. Our busy lives often get us thinking (and stressing) about the future rather than just seeing what&#8217;s in front of us. For me, the practice of this mindfulness leads to greater contentment and happiness in the day-to-day. If &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/07\/22\/recipe-for-a-happy-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recipe for a happy life?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","category-life-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9158,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9136\/revisions\/9158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}