Doing good can make you feel good

There’s a new incentive to doing good things for others: It makes you happier, according to a new study. The more people participated in meaningful activities, the happier they were and the more purposeful their lives felt. Pleasure-seeking behaviors, on the other hand, did not make people happier.

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Being good by doing good: Daily eudaimonic activity and well-being
Journal of Research in Personality

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