The Road To Happiness Is Well Worn And Familiar

Remember when the measure of success was “keeping up with the Jonses” ? Well maybe all that fun and all those new and exciting adventures weren’t as satisfying as they might have seemed from across the fence.

A new study from Baylor University reveals that family leisure time spent at home doing familiar pastimes may be a better route to happiness than doing exciting, unfamiliar things as a family.

In other words, the Griswold’s were better off not chasing after Wally world!

Lead study author Karen Melton explains, "That may be because when the brain is focused on processing new information-- such as taking part in an unfamiliar activity with unfamiliar people in a new location-- less 'brain power' is available to focus on the family relationships." (EurekAlert)