‘6 Things I Learned From Taking a Class on How to Be Happy’

‘6 Things I Learned From Taking a Class on How to Be Happy’

Driving a fast car. Winning first place. Getting a big paycheck. Things like this may spark joy in the moment, but they don't necessarily bring lasting well-being. "We get used to our life circumstances [good or bad] pretty quickly, and over time, we basically return to baseline," says Andrew Farr, a 22-year-old recent graduate of Yale University who majored in psychology. It’s a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation, or the tendency for our re…