Mental and emotional health should not be confused with happiness and usually maintaining a good mood, because strong mental health does not guarantee you to be happy.

With the year 2020 and the new decade drawing fast, many of us are taking advantage of the year-end period to reflect on where we are now and look forward to the things we hope to achieve in the future.

People who live near the coast are usually happier than those who live in landlocked cities, and this is the conclusion of a recent study by researchers from the University of Exeter and published in the magazine Health and Place in September 2019.

A study conducted in the Netherlands said that there is a positive relationship between wealth and contentment in life, and this is not surprising. But, interestingly enough, the experience of happiness enjoyed by the wealthy may stem largely from how they spend their time and not on the things that they buy.