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Every Wednesday is Tip Day, or List Day, or Quiz Day. Here’s a mystery. We spend a huge amount of time with TV. Watching TV is probably the world’s most popular pastime and is the greatest use of time, after sleeping and work. In the United States, people spend more than four hours a day watching TV. Watching great television … →

Each week, I post a video about some Pigeon of Discontent raised by a reader. Because, as much as we try to find the Bluebird of Happiness, we’re also plagued by those small but pesky Pigeons of Discontent. This week’s Pigeon of Discontent, suggested by a reader, is: “Too much internet and TV time.”   I meant to mention in … →

Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: How to keep reality TV from ruining your life, or, 9 tips to make TV-watching a source of happiness. At lunch today, I was part of a spirited conversation on the pros and cons of reality TV. That’s a broad category, of course, covering a wide range of shows from The Real Housewives … →

Very exciting — plans are underway to make a single-camera, half-hour comedy TV show based on The Happiness Project. With Kristin Davis to star! Kristin Davis appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and she talked about the possible show. I still can’t quite believe this project is underway. It still has a long way to go, so … →

I was thrilled to be on the CBS Early Show this morning to talk about one of my favorite topics: how to keep New Year’s resolutions. (Here are 13 tips for sticking to your resolutions — didn’t have time to cover all these in the interview!) I can’t bear to watch myself on video, but it was a lot of … →