"Weekend Competition: Chronologies for Happiness
This weekend, co-vocabularists are invited to devise chronological prescriptions for contentment.
One traditional formula ran thus:
If you wish to be happy for a day, get well shaved;
For a week, get invited to a wedding;
For a month, buy a good nag;
For half a year, buy a handsome house;
For a year, marry a handsome wife;
For two years, take holy orders;
But, if you would be always happy and cheerful, practice temperance.
Another suggested:
If you would be happy for a day, get drunk;
For two days, get a pig;
For a month, get married;
And for life, plant a garden.
As ever, merit badges will be awarded for wit and pith."
Mine:
For an hour, eat candy
For a day, turn off your phone
For a week, have a picnic in the country
For a month, buy a new laptop or fancy cell phone
For a year, pay off all your debts/declare bankruptcy, whichever comes first
For a lifetime. Read a whole lot more advice than I have, and good luck to you.