It seems that this past Friday, June 20th, was the happiest day of the year. I believe it. Although given the amount of pure fun and excitement of the Raleigh Typhoon on Saturday it might be possible that they missed it by one day. Let’s just call it the happiest weekend of the year to make it simple.
Cliff Arnall, a psychologist and former tutor at Cardiff University, devised the equation which follows.
According to the research this has been worked out using the equation O + (N xS) + Cpm/T + He.
O stands for being outdoors and outdoor activity, N is connection with nature, which is in full bloom now, S is socialisation with neighbours and friends, Cpm stands for childhood positive memories, T is the mean temperature which is now usually warm, and He is holiday expected.
So we’ve got some math (awesome) to help us figure out what makes for a happy day. I think it works. Not only did I have a great weekend, but many other I know did as well. Watching twitter a bit today and over the course of the weekend I noticed that all kinds of people had fun adventures. The center of this for me, as well as 6 other tweeple (@dtraleigh, @nematome, @ginnyskal, @dimambro) and other friends, was the Raleigh Typhoon adventures. I randomly bumped into a friend that was in from Philly for the weekend having a great time with old friends. @chiatar was off vacationing. @therab and @operationorange traveled off to heroescon in Charlotte, NC. Add it all up and there were a lot of people having a lot of fun this weekend.
The takeaway is that those mathematicians\psychologist are right on the money and there theory has been validated. Some might suggest that the “equation” is obvious. People love great weather, the outdoors, good friends, and travel. In the end, who cares, great weekend for all!
Via Lifehacker
Via UK Telegraph
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