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    Secrets to Happiness Around the World

    Jan 08, 2021 2 minutes
    Photograph by ALEXEY KARAMANOV
    —Kathleen Rellihan

    ITH THE TOLL 2020 TOOK ON ALL OF US, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS SEEMED MORE challenging than ever, but we learned that everyone can relate to isolation and dark days. How each of us finds happiness is another story though, suggests , in which Helen Russell shares 30—to surviving extended darkness like in Finland, or embracing fleeting, imperfect moments of life suggested by the Japanese concept of , here are the secrets to well-being and joy around the world.

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