What A Harvard Happiness Expert Says About Social Media
Social media is a large part of most peoples lives, but it might not be the best thing for most people according to CNBC Make It. Arthur C. Brooks is…
Social media is a large part of most peoples lives, but it might not be the best thing for most people according to CNBC Make It.
Arthur C. Brooks is a professor at Harvard who has spent a long time studying happiness. He believes that everyone should be using social media a whole lot less if we want to improve our happiness and comfort levels.
“I’m in the public eye, and I’m doing a lot of work every single day. I have to know what’s going on, but I don’t need to read more than about half an hour a day of news,” Brooks said, “as a matter of fact, I recommend that everybody watching us, that they have a strict limit on the amount of time that they spend on social media.”
Brooks doesn't only suggest that people limit social media use, but also claims that people should limit their own news consumption as well. He says that this type of limiting will lead to a huge improvement in a persons wellbeing.
How much time Brooks suggest that we spend per day on these things may be a lot lower then you could even imagine. He suggest that you only spend 30 minutes a day across any and all different social media platforms. Brooks also suggest that you only spend 15 minutes a day looking at anything political and only 30 minutes watching or reading any type of news at all.
Brooks says that this type of habit is best to start now. There are many people who will claim that now isn't a time that they feel they should take in less media. In response to this he says “There’s zero evidence that the world is worse or more dangerous than it’s ever been in the past, but we have more people telling us that if we’re not outraged and sad and angry, then we’re not paying attention.”
However, he says that you shouldn't just be completely oblivious to what's going on in the world. Brooks just wants people to have “more emphasis on what’s going on inside our heads and inside our houses and inside our families,” in the long run.
Surprising North Carolina City Ranks As Best Place For Singles In The State
It's a tough world to be single in (speaking from experience). But how does North Carolina rank for singles compared to other places in the US? Not that great in all honestly. Our friends at WalletHub conducted a study of the Best & Worst Cities For Singles. And the results were, well, interesting. The best city in North Carolina for singles? Well, it wasn't Raleigh and it wasn't Charlotte. (Good now I don't feel so bad about myself!)
An interesting statistic that WalletHub shared with us is that nearly 47% of all U.S. adults are unmarried. It sure doesn't feel that way! But only 42% of those single adults are interested in a relationship or casual dating right now. Now it's making a little more sense. To conduct this study WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 35 key indicators of dating-friendliness. So what type of data tells us how a city fares for singles? For this study, WalletHub used data including "the share of the population that is single", "the number of online dating opportunities", and "the average price for a two-person meal".
South Carolina actually came out better than North Carolina on this list, with the only two SC cities included topping every North Carolina one. And the North Carolina city that's the best for singles? I never would have guessed. Keep reading to see the top 10 as well as where each Carolina city ranked. You can read the full WalletHub study here.
Top 10 Cities For Singles
27. Columbia, SC
Total Score: 57.12
Economics Rank: 39
Fun & Recreation Rank: 61
Dating Opportunities Rank: 26
49. Charleston, SC
Total Score: 53.85
Economics Rank: 50
Fun & Recreation Rank: 50
Dating Opportunities Rank: 151
70. Fayetteville, NC
Total Score: 52.48
Economics Rank: 100
Fun & Recreation Rank: 139
Dating Opportunities Rank: 30
80. Raleigh, NC
Total Score: 51.85
Economics Rank: 71
Fun & Recreation Rank: 44
Dating Opportunities Rank: 115
128. Charlotte, NC
Total Score: 48.75
Economics Rank: 90
Fun & Recreation Rank: 48
Dating Opportunities Rank: 149
158. Durham, NC
Total Score: 44.96
Economics Rank: 20
Fun & Recreation Rank: 135
Dating Opportunities Rank: 172
161. Greensboro, NC
Total Score: 44.68
Economics Rank: 70
Fun & Recreation Rank: 75
Dating Opportunities Rank: 177
173. Winston-Salem, NC
Total Score: 41.86
Economics Rank: 104
Fun & Recreation Rank: 126
Dating Opportunities Rank: 176
