我們知道,你不想聽這個陳詞濫調(diào),不過先別急.好消息是,中年女性為獲得情緒上的放松,不用非要跑馬拉松或是參加其他令人疲憊的體育活動.實際上,有研究表明,適度的鍛煉要比劇烈運動更能讓女性身心愉悅、活力充沛、精神充實；她們的"自我效能（注：指人們對自身能否利用所擁有的技能去完成某項工作行為的自信程度）"也會更強(qiáng).
8. They don't try to be … happy?
不去刻意追尋快樂
Oops. Now that we've told you the secrets for happiness, we're here to dash your dreams. A prominent study shows that making happiness a personal goal will actually stand in the way of your achieving it. The researchers found that women who valued happiness more reported being less happy and more depressed than women who didn't place much importance on the goal.
呃,既然已經(jīng)把快樂的秘訣都告訴你了,我們再來將你的夢想打破.有個著名的研究表明,將追求快樂作為個人目標(biāo)只會阻礙你獲得快樂.研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn),重視快樂的女性卻很少能感受快樂,甚至?xí)饶切┎惶谝庾非罂鞓返娜烁鼞n郁.
"Wanting to be happy can make you less happy," said study researcher Iris Mauss. "If you explicitly and purposely focus on happiness, that appears to have a self-defeating quality."
研究者艾麗斯·莫斯表示："一味追求快樂反而會讓你變得不快樂.如果你過于明確'追求快樂'這一目標(biāo),最終只會嘗到挫敗的滋味."
So if you really want to be happy, try forgetting about it.
所以說,如果你真想變得快樂,就忘了這事吧.
英文來源：mnn.com
