tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089079881978996572.post5889882884051122587..comments2022-01-24T19:42:21.438-05:00Comments on Sukasa Reads: Happier At Home by Gretchen RubinSukasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863914523255116826noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089079881978996572.post-24780477285509964442013-05-21T11:28:05.418-04:002013-05-21T11:28:05.418-04:00Thanks for sharing that great link to The Economic...Thanks for sharing that great link to The Economics of Happiness: (https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theeconomicsofhappiness)<br />True, we do have a system that is wasteful and the stresses of living up to unattainable criteria is a never-ending spiral. Love the idea of localizing our economy, knowledge and even our spirits. Trailer is intriguing, look forward to watching the full movie.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sukasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863914523255116826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089079881978996572.post-30859394641016632292013-05-21T11:26:02.211-04:002013-05-21T11:26:02.211-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sukasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863914523255116826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8089079881978996572.post-92007106285450228552013-05-21T11:10:16.269-04:002013-05-21T11:10:16.269-04:00I think that happiness as a state of mind and bein...I think that happiness as a state of mind and being in control of one's thoughts and immediate environment (i.e. in one's home) is valid. It is descriptive of what we can control at the micro level. I would also argue that there is a sense of people not being in control of their lives due to forces beyond their control. This goes beyond an old fashiones Marxian construction of alienation to one's work and sepaks to the macro factors that make the lives of people ever chaning, evolving and ultimatley precarious. Something that speaks to such 'macro' factors is Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page's film and project on 'The Economics of Happiness'. (Your readers can view the film here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theeconomicsofhappiness )<br />It argues for greater localization in contrast to the globalization forces that are shaping our lives. Those latter forces are sometimes for the better but not always. <br /><br />Gretchen Rubin's "Happier at Home", in making the case for the upside of 'doing the same thing, in the same way, every day' but this flies in the face of 'who moved my cheese' movement that corporations invoke for workers to champioin whenever senior management argues for change that arguably has everything to to with short-term shareholder gain as opposed to long-term stakeholder sustainability and prosperity.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07857616719536009725noreply@blogger.com