Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle

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  Pushkin We humans were already pretty complicated creatures,

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  but living in the modern world has added a ton more complication to our lives.

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  In past episodes of the Happiness Lab, we've looked at the effects of things like jobs,

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  school grades, smartphones, and even alarm clocks on our well-being.

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  These days, we have so much going on,

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  so many things demanding our attention, and so many competing desires and emotions,

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  that even if you know what you're supposed to be doing,

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  it often feels like it's still hard to stay on track.

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  It's a bit like being a chariotier, holding the reins of two powerful but mismatched horses.

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  You know we want to reach a happy place,

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  but each of the steeds keeps going off in different directions.

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  It's exhausting,

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  but you'll only reach your desired destination

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  if you can get the horses to work in harmony and pull together.

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  Now, I know what you're thinking.

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  Chariots?

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  Wayward horses?

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  What's that got to do with me navigating the modern world?

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  Well, even though the science of happiness is a relatively new academic field,

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  most of the ideas underpinning all this research are far from recent.

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