Health

It’s good to be home. That’s what I thought last week as my plane touched down in Negril, Jamaica, a trip that was kick-starting a week-long celebration of my husband’s milestone birthday.

Last year, I was trying to say yes to everything: parties, dinners, favours, assignments, dates, travel plans and after parties. (It was a very, very busy year and I am still very, very tired. But it was also very, very fun.)

Got a bathroom issue? Or maybe you think you have a bedroom issue when really it’s about your kitchen.

Oliver Burkeman writes weekly for the Guardian about social psychology, self-help culture, productivity and the science of happiness.

In writing about happiness, I’ve come across a few metaphors now addressing the issue of happiness—that our happiness is like the weather, not always bound to be sunny, bright days.