The Bird Show.

Don't shoot the messenger, okay?

I just saw the headline and felt it was worthy of letting you guys know that if you try to be happy,

you're just going to end up making yourself miserable.

So there is from the website, Study Fines, and this is reviewed by Steve Fink.

He's who wrote the article.

Oh, yes, I trust Steve Fink.

Do you try?

Well, Steve Fink wrote the article, but research was led by Sam Maglio of the University

of Toronto, Scarborough.

Of course, Sam Maglio.

Okay.

Who doesn't know Sam Maglio?

I trust Sam, man, Steve.

Yeah, so I'm like, there's actually research behind this because I want to share like where this came from.

And we'll be sure to share the article with you.

I'm just going to summarize it tightly.

And it basically says the pressure to feel good winds up backfiring for many research shows.

In a nutshell, it says this.

Actively pursuing happiness drained your mental energy, leaving you with less willpower

for other important tasks and decisions. People exposed to happiness-focused messaging showed

worse self-control, consuming more chocolate, and giving up sooner on challenging

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