There are many ways of understanding human well-being, but perhaps the most simple and useful is to think in terms three different approaches. In other words, if you want to find happiness , there are three different routes you can take. First of all, there is doing. There are certain activities you can engage in that are highly likely to bring you well-being. You can have contact with nature , for example. You can practice altruism , kindness, and generousity to the people around you. You can exercise, spend more time socializing, and ensure there are activities in your life that will provide you with "flow"—the state of intense absorption, which comes when we engage with challenging and stimulating activities. You can also try to ensure there are goals in your life to engage you and for you to work toward. In this way, the path of doing is clearly a very effective way of bringing well-being into your life. Secondly, there is thinking. You can bring more well-being int...