Monday, October 8, 2012

Happy or Sad



Have you ever thought about the fact that you might be living in a happy or sad country? Yes, folks, there is indeed a chart that ranks the happiest and saddest countries on the planet.
photo credit:
Tam Nguyen Photography, Flickr.

I’ve read these types of articles before- at the top of the list, a picture-perfect European nation overflowing with happiness. Yet, what grabbed my attention were the particular measurements used to calculate “happiness”. For once, economic progress wasn’t the main measurement. Instead- life expectancy, happiness and environmental sustainability were accounted for. The global happiness measurement comes from the Happy Planet Index. And the happiest country is…drum roll

Costa Rica

Warm weather, sandy beaches- that’s all I need to be happy. Well, and some chocolate wouldn’t hurt. On the flip side of things, Botswana is feeling some major blues.

These types of articles provide a good giggle.  I don’t take the results too seriously because there are many flaws attached to determining results for this subject.  Whichever country you live in, follow your own index to what makes you happy. 

7 comments:

  1. WAHHHHOOOOOO!!!! OHHH YAHHH BABYYYY!!!! That's right yo, I'm living in the happiest country on earth! Pura vida baby!!!! That's SO FUNNY! Great blog post! :)

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  2. HAHAHA it seems u interviewed Caro a lot bout CR :P nice blog post :)

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  3. good investigation and you end up all over in CR ...woow ^_^ , then the nxt Vacation plan is going to be ovaa CR baby and i think we can bother some ppl and easily bust into some "ppl" window and scare "her" haha :-p

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    1. Oh man :) We don't want to be kicked out for busting. "Someone" might scream loudly :P

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